Video retrieval method, and method and apparatus for generating video retrieval mapping relationship

ABSTRACT

The present disclosure relates to a video retrieval method, system and device for generating a video retrieval mapping relationship, and a storage medium. The video retrieval method comprises: acquiring a retrieval instruction, wherein the retrieval instruction carries retrieval information for retrieving a target frame picture; and obtaining the target frame picture according to the retrieval information and a preset mapping relationship. The method for generating a video retrieval mapping relationship comprises: performing a feature extraction operation on each frame picture in a video stream by using a feature extraction model so as to obtain a key feature sequence corresponding to each frame picture; inputting the key feature sequence corresponding to each frame picture into a text sequence extraction model for processing so as to obtain a text description sequence corresponding to each frame picture; and constructing a mapping relationship according to the text description sequence corresponding to each frame picture.

RELATED APPLICATIONS

The present disclosure claims priority to: Chinese Patent ApplicationNo. 201810516305.6 with the title of “Video Retrieval Method, and Methodand Apparatus for Generating Video Retrieval Mapping Relationship” andfiled on May 25, 2018, the contents of the aforementioned applicationsare herein incorporated by reference in their entireties.

The present application claims priority to: Chinese Patent ApplicationNo. 201810486460.8 with the title of “Code Storage Device and Method”and filed on May 18, 2018, the contents of the aforementionedapplications are herein incorporated by reference in their entireties.

The present application claims priority to: Chinese Patent ApplicationNo. 201810504948.9 with the title of “Convolutional Neural NetworkProcessor and Training Method” and filed on May 23, 2018, the contentsof the aforementioned applications are herein incorporated by referencein their entireties.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The disclosure relates generally to the field of computer technologies,and more specifically to a video retrieval method, and a method and anapparatus for generating video retrieval mapping relationship.

BACKGROUND

With the continuous advancement of technology, videos are becoming moreand more popular. Videos are now used not only in TV series and movies,but also in surveillance devices. However, the duration of a video in aTV series or in a movie is at least a few hours, while the duration of avideo in a surveillance device ranges from a few days to several monthsor even years. In this situation, in the current era of informationtechnology, a large amount of video information is generated, so thatlooking for the needed shots in the massive videos likes looking for aneedle in a haystack.

Taking the TV series as an example, at present, when a user needs tofind a needed specific shot in a large amount of videos in a TV series,the user usually needs to traverse all the videos by fast forwardinguntil the needed shot is found.

However, the above-mentioned retrieval method that the users need tomanually fast forward and traverse the videos is inefficient, and in theprocess of fast forwarding, the user is likely to miss the shot to besearched, resulting in that the human-computer interaction is notintelligent enough.

SUMMARY

In order to solve the above-mentioned technical problems, the presentdisclosure provides a video retrieval method that can improveintelligence, and a method, an apparatus, a terminal, a device, and astorage medium for generating a video retrieval mapping relationship.

In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides avideo retrieval method including:

obtaining a retrieval instruction which carries retrieval informationfor retrieving a target frame picture; and

obtaining the target frame picture according to the retrievalinformation and a preset mapping relationship, where the mappingrelationship includes a correspondence between different textdescription sequences and frame pictures, where a text descriptionsequence is a sequence of text that can describe content of a framepicture.

In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides amethod for generating a video retrieval mapping relationship, whichincludes:

performing a feature extraction operation on each frame picture in avideo stream by a feature extraction model to obtain a key featuresequence corresponding to each frame picture, where the key featuresequence includes one or more key features of the frame picture;

inputting the key feature sequence corresponding to each frame pictureinto a text sequence extraction model for processing to obtain a textdescription sequence corresponding to each frame picture, where the textdescription sequence is a sequence of text that can describe content ofa frame picture; and

constructing a mapping relationship according to the text descriptionsequence corresponding to each frame picture, where the mappingrelationship includes a correspondence between different textdescription sequences and frame pictures.

In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides anapparatus for generating a video retrieval mapping relationship, whichincludes:

an extraction module configure to perform a feature extraction operationon each frame picture in a video stream by a feature extraction model toobtain a key feature sequence corresponding to each frame picture, wherethe key feature sequence includes one or more key features of the framepicture;

a first processing module configured to input the key feature sequencecorresponding to each frame picture into a text sequence extractionmodel for processing to obtain a text description sequence correspondingto each frame picture, where the text description sequence is a sequenceof text that can describe content of a frame picture; and

a construction module configured to construct a mapping relationshipaccording to the text description sequence corresponding to each framepicture, where the mapping relationship includes a correspondencebetween different text description sequences and frame pictures.

In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides aterminal including a memory and a processor, where the memory stores acomputer program, and the following steps may be implemented when theprocessor performs the computer program:

obtaining a retrieval instruction which carries retrieval informationfor retrieving a target frame picture; and

obtaining the target frame picture according to the retrievalinformation and a preset mapping relationship, where the mappingrelationship includes a correspondence between different textdescription sequences and frame pictures, where a text descriptionsequence is a sequence of text that can describe content of a framepicture.

In a fifth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides adevice including a memory and a processor, where the memory stores acomputer program, and the following steps may be implemented when theprocessor performs the computer program:

performing a feature extraction operation on each frame picture in avideo stream by a feature extraction model to obtain a key featuresequence corresponding to each frame picture, where the key featuresequence includes one or more key features of the frame picture;

inputting the key feature sequence corresponding to each frame pictureinto a text sequence extraction model for processing to obtain a textdescription sequence corresponding to each frame picture, where the textdescription sequence is a sequence of text that can describe content ofa frame picture; and

constructing a mapping relationship according to the text descriptionsequence corresponding to each frame picture, where the mappingrelationship includes a correspondence between different textdescription sequences and frame pictures.

In a sixth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides acomputer-readable storage medium on which a computer program is stored,where the following steps may be implemented when the processor performsthe computer program:

obtaining a retrieval instruction which carries retrieval informationfor retrieving a target frame picture; and

obtaining the target frame picture according to the retrievalinformation and a preset mapping relationship, where the mappingrelationship includes a correspondence between different textdescription sequences and frame pictures, where a text descriptionsequence is a sequence of text that can describe content of a framepicture.

In a seventh aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides acomputer-readable storage medium on which a computer program is stored,where the following steps may be implemented when the processor performsthe computer program:

performing a feature extraction operation on each frame picture in avideo stream by a feature extraction model to obtain a key featuresequence corresponding to each frame picture, where the key featuresequence includes one or more key features of the frame picture;

inputting the key feature sequence corresponding to each frame pictureinto a text sequence extraction model for processing to obtain a textdescription sequence corresponding to each frame picture, where the textdescription sequence is a sequence of text that can describe content ofa frame picture; and

constructing a mapping relationship according to the text descriptionsequence corresponding to each frame picture, where the mappingrelationship includes a correspondence between different textdescription sequences and frame pictures.

In an eighth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides aterminal device for video retrieval, which includes an instructionobtaining apparatus and a processor, where the instruction obtainingapparatus is connected to the processor;

the instruction obtaining apparatus is configured to obtain a retrievalinstruction; and

the processor is configured to retrieve videos to be retrieved accordingto the obtained retrieval instruction and a preset mapping relationshipto obtain a target frame picture.

In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the retrieval instructioncarries retrieval information, and the retrieval information isconfigured to characterize the target frame picture in the videos to beretrieved; the processor is further configured to parse the retrievalinstruction to obtain the retrieval information.

In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the instruction obtainingapparatus includes at least one of a voice recognition sensor, a visionsensor and an interaction device. The voice recognition sensor isconfigured to obtain a voice signal, where the voice signal isconfigured to determine the retrieval instruction. The vision sensor isconfigured to obtain a somatosensory signal, where the somatosensorysignal is configured to determine the retrieval instruction. Theinteraction device is configured to obtain a text signal or a picturesignal, where the text signal or the picture signal is configured todetermine the retrieval instruction.

In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the processor is furtherconfigured to generate and send a request signal according to theobtained retrieval instruction, where the request signal is configuredto obtain the mapping relationship from a receiver of the requestsignal.

In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the mapping relationshipincludes a correspondence between different text description sequencesand frame pictures, where a text description sequence is a sequence oftext that can describe content of a frame picture.

In a ninth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides adevice for constructing video retrieval mapping relationship, whichincludes an extraction module, a first processing module, and aconstruction module.

The extraction module is configured to perform a feature extractionoperation on a plurality of frame pictures in the videos to be retrievedto obtain a key feature sequence corresponding to each frame picture,where the key feature sequence includes one or more key features of theframe picture.

The first processing module is configured to input the key featuresequence corresponding to each frame picture into a text sequenceextraction model for processing to obtain a text description sequencecorresponding to each frame picture.

The construction module is configured to construct a mappingrelationship according to the text description sequence corresponding toeach frame picture, where the mapping relationship is used to obtain thetarget frame picture when the videos to be retrieved are retrieved.

In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the construction moduleincludes a first processing unit, a judgment unit, a segmentation unit,and a mapping unit, where

the first processing unit is configured to compute a second correlationaccording to a text description sequence corresponding to two adjacentpictures in the videos to be retrieved;

the judgment unit is configured to determine a chapter attribute of eachframe picture in the videos to be retrieved according to the secondcorrelation;

the segmentation unit is configured to segment the videos to beretrieved according to the chapter attribute of each frame picture inthe videos to be retrieved to obtain a tree-like directory structure;and

the mapping unit is configured to construct the mapping relationshipaccording to the tree-like directory structure and the text descriptionsequence corresponding to each frame picture.

In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the first processing unitincludes a word segmentation subunit, a processing subunit, and ajudgment subunit; where

the word segmentation subunit is configured to perform a wordsegmentation operation on each text description sequence to obtain aword segmentation result corresponding to each text descriptionsequence, where the word segmentation result includes a plurality ofsegmented words;

the processing subunit is configured to determine a label correspondingto each word segmentation result according to the word segmentationresult corresponding to each text description sequence, where the labelincludes at least one of a people label, a time label, a place label,and an event label; and

the judgment subunit is configured to compute whether a wordsegmentation result of the text description sequence corresponding to aprevious frame picture set and the word segmentation result of the textdescription sequence corresponding to the next frame picture set undereach label are the same, and is configured to determine a secondcorrelation between the text description sequence corresponding to theprevious frame picture set and the text description sequencecorresponding to the next frame picture set according to a judgmentresult.

In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the judgment unitincludes a first judgment subunit and a second judgment subunit, where

the first judgment subunit is configured to determine that the textdescription sequence corresponding to the previous frame picture set andthe text description sequence corresponding to the next frame pictureset belong to a same section in the tree-like directory structure whenthe second correlation is greater than or equal to a first threshold;and

the second judgment subunit is configured to determine that the textdescription sequence corresponding to the previous frame picture set andthe text description sequence corresponding to the next frame pictureset belong to different sections in a same chapter in the tree-likedirectory structure when the second correlation is greater than a secondthreshold and less than the first threshold.

Compared with the traditional retrieval method that the users need tomanually fast forward and traverse the videos, by adopting a videoretrieval method, and a method, an apparatus, a terminal, a device, anda storage medium for generating a video retrieval mapping relationshipprovided by the present disclosure, when the terminal is retrieving,only the retrieval information of the target frame picture is needed toobtain the target frame picture needed to be retrieved. In other words,adopting the video retrieval method, and the method for generating videoretrieval mapping relationship provided by the embodiments of thepresent disclosure can improve the efficiency of video retrieval.Moreover, by adopting the video retrieval method, and the method forgenerating a video retrieval mapping relationship provided by theembodiments of the present disclosure, a situation where the users arelikely to miss a shot to be searched during manually fast forward andtraverse the videos in the traditional technology can be avoided. All inall, adopting the video retrieval method, and the method for generatinga video retrieval mapping relationship provided by the embodiments ofthe present disclosure can improve human-computer interactionintelligence.

In a tenth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides anencoding and storage apparatus of convolutional neural network, whichincludes a storage module and an encoding module. The encoding moduleincludes a comparator and an encoder, where the comparator is configuredto compare input data of an activation layer with reference data, andthe encoder is configured to encode input data or output data of theactivation layer according to a comparison result.

In some embodiments, the storage module is configured to store anencoding result in a feature map, store the comparison result, and storea parameter α of an activation function.

In some embodiments, the reference data is a constant or output data ofthe activation layer.

In some embodiments, if the activation function is a ReLU (RectifiedLinear Unit) or a Leaky ReLU (Leaky Rectified Linear Unit), thereference data is the output data of the activation layer, where if theinput data and output data of the activation layer are equal, the outputdata is encoded as 1; if the input data and output data of theactivation layer are not equal, the output data is encoded as 0; or

the reference data is a constant, and the value of the constant is 0,where if the input data is greater than 0, the input data is encoded as1; and if the input data is smaller than or equal to 0, the input datais encoded as 0.

In some embodiments, the encoding adopts 0/1 encoding and encoded datais stored in bits.

In an eleventh aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure providesa processor of convolutional neural network, which includes the encodingand storage apparatus, where the processor of convolutional neuralnetwork further includes:

a computation module configured to perform a forward propagationoperation and a back propagation operation; where when performing theforward propagation operation, the computation module is configured tocompute the output data of the activation layer after being processed bythe activation function according to the input data of the activationlayer; and where when performing the back propagation operation, thecomputation module is configured to process a partial derivativeaccording to the encoding result.

In some embodiments, the processor further includes an I/O module usedfor data transfer between an activation layer and adjacent layers, datatransfer between the storage module and the computation module, and datainput and output of the encoding and storage apparatus.

In some embodiments, a formula of computing the output data of theactivation layer after being processed by the activation functionaccording to the input data of the activation layer is:

f(x)=max(x,αx),

where x represents the input data of the activation layer, f (x)represents the output data of the activation layer, and α represents theparameter of the activation function; and the activation function is aReLU (Rectified Linear Unit) or a Leaky ReLU (Leaky Rectified LinearUnit).

In some embodiments, the activation function is ReLU, and the value of ais in the range of 0˜0.35.

In some embodiments, when performing the back propagation operation, thecomputation module is configured to process a partial derivativeaccording to the encoding result. If the encoding result is 1, a currentpartial derivative dy is not processed, and the dy is directlytransferred to the I/O module; if the encoding result is 0, the currentpartial derivative dy is multiplied by the parameter α of the activationfunction to obtain dy₁, and then the obtained dy₁ is transferred to theI/O module.

In a twelfth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides anencoding and storage method of convolutional neural network, whichincludes:

comparing input data of an activation layer with reference data; and

encoding input data or output data of the activation layer according toa comparison result.

In some embodiments, the encoding and storage method of convolutionalneural network further includes: storing the comparison result, anencoding result, and a parameter α of an activation function, where theencoding result is stored in a feature map.

In some embodiments, the reference data is a constant or output data ofthe activation layer.

In some embodiments, the reference data is the output data of theactivation layer, where if the input data and output data of theactivation layer are equal, the output data is encoded as 1; if theinput data and output data of the activation layer are not equal, theoutput data is encoded as 0; or

the reference data is a constant, and the value of the constant is 0,where if the input data is greater than 0, the input data is encoded as1; and if the input data is smaller than or equal to 0, the input datais encoded as 0.

In a thirteenth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure providesa training method of convolutional neural network, which includes:

when performing a forward propagation operation, computing the outputdata of the activation layer after being processed by the activationfunction according to the input data of the activation layer; and

when performing a back propagation operation, obtaining an encodingresult corresponding to a current partial derivative, and performing apartial derivative operation according to the encoding result.

In some embodiments, the training method further includes: outputting anoperation result.

In some embodiments, in the step of obtaining the encoding resultcorresponding to the current partial derivative, a code of the featuremap in corresponding position can be obtained according to the positionof the current partial derivative dy, where the position of the currentpartial derivative dy can be obtained according to a relative address ofa matrix or an array.

In some embodiments, a formula of computing the output data of theactivation layer after being processed by the activation functionaccording to the input data of the activation layer is:

f(x)=max(x,αx),

where x represents the input data of the activation layer, f (x)represents the output data of the activation layer, and α represents theparameter of the activation function; and the activation function is aReLU (Rectified Linear Unit) or a Leaky ReLU (Leaky Rectified LinearUnit).

In some embodiments, in the step of processing the partial derivativeaccording to the encoding result, if the encoding result is 1, a currentpartial derivative dy is not processed, and the dy is directlytransferred to the I/O module; if the encoding result is 0, the currentpartial derivative dy is multiplied by the parameter α of the activationfunction to obtain dy₁, and then the obtained dy₁ is transferred to theI/O module.

In a fourteenth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure providesa chip including the encoding and storage apparatus of convolutionalneural network or the processor of convolutional neural network.

In a fifteenth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure providesan electronic device including the chip.

Technical Effects

It can be seen from the technical solutions that the apparatus andmethod for encoding and storage of convolutional neural network, theprocessor of convolutional neural network and the training method ofconvolutional neural network provided by the present disclosure have atleast one of the following technical effects:

1. By adopting the apparatus and method for encoding and storage, theprocessor and the training method provided by the present disclosure,there is no need to modify any parameters that affect the predictionresult, so that the accuracy of predicting the convolutional neuralnetwork will not be affected.

2. Since the input and output of the activation layer have been comparedduring forward propagation, only the encoding result needs to be judgedduring back propagation, there is no need to call the input results andoutput results of the activation layer during forward propagation toselect the partial derivative. Therefore, the present disclosure reducesthe count of input and output to the memory and optimizes theperformance of the convolutional neural network.

3. The present disclosure encodes and stores the data in the feature mapof the activation layer, compresses the 32-bit floating-point data to1-bit floating-point data, which effectively saves memory.

In order to solve or at least partially alleviate the above-mentionedtechnical problems, the present disclosure provides another processor ofconvolutional neural network, another training method of convolutionalneural network, and another encoding and storage apparatus.

In a sixteenth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure providesa processor of convolutional neural network, which includes:

an encoding module configured to encode input data or output data of anactivation layer; and

a computation module connected to the encoding module, configured toperform a forward propagation operation and a back propagationoperation, where when performing the back propagation operation, thecomputation module is configured to process a partial derivativeaccording to an encoding result.

In some embodiments, when performing the forward propagation operation,the computation module is configured to compute the output data of theactivation layer after being processed by the activation functionaccording to the input data of the activation layer.

In some embodiments, the processor further includes a storage moduleconfigured to store the encoding result to a feature map.

In some embodiments, the processor further includes an I/O module usedfor data transfer between the activation layer and the adjacent layers,and data input and output between the storage module and the computationmodule.

In some embodiments, the encoding module further includes:

a comparator configured to compare input data of the activation layerwith reference data; and

an encoder configured to encode input data or output data of theactivation layer according to a comparison result.

In some embodiments, the reference data is a constant or output data ofthe activation layer.

In some embodiments, the reference data is the output data of theactivation layer, where if the input data and output data of theactivation layer are equal, the output data is encoded as 1; if theinput data and output data of the activation layer are not equal, theoutput data is encoded as 0; or

the reference data is a constant, and the value of the constant is 0,where if the input data is greater than 0, the input data is encoded as1; and if the input data is smaller than or equal to 0, the input datais encoded as 0.

In some embodiments, the encoding adopts 0/1 encoding and the encodeddata is stored in bits.

In some embodiments, a formula of computing the output data of theactivation layer after being processed by the activation functionaccording to the input data of the activation layer is:

f(x)=max(x,αx),

where x represents the input data of the activation layer, f (x)represents the output data of the activation layer, and α represents theparameter of the activation function; and the activation function is aReLU (Rectified Linear Unit) or a Leaky ReLU (Leaky Rectified LinearUnit).

In some embodiments, the activation function is ReLU, and the value of ais in the range of 0˜0.35.

In some embodiments, when performing the back propagation operation, thecomputation module is configured to process a partial derivativeaccording to the encoding result. If the encoding result is 1, a currentpartial derivative dy is not processed, and the dy is directlytransferred to the I/O module; if the encoding result is 0, the currentpartial derivative dy is multiplied by the parameter α of the activationfunction to obtain dy₁, and then the obtained dy₁ is transferred to theI/O module.

In a seventeenth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosureprovides a chip including the processor of convolutional neural network.

In an eighteenth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosureprovides an electronic device including the chip.

In a nineteenth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure providesa training method of convolutional neural network, which includes:

encoding, by an encoding module, input data or output data of anactivation layer; and

when performing the back propagation operation, obtaining an encodingresult corresponding to a current partial derivative, and performing apartial derivative operation according to the encoding result.

In some embodiments, the training method further includes:

when performing the back propagation operation, computing, by thecomputation module, the output data of the activation layer after beingprocessed by the activation function according to the input data of theactivation layer.

In some embodiments, the training method further includes: storing theencoding result to a feature map after encoding.

In some embodiments, the encoding module encoding the input data or theoutput data of the activation layer includes:

comparing input data of the activation layer with reference data; and

encoding input data or output data of the activation layer according toa comparison result.

In some embodiments, the reference data is a constant or output data ofthe activation layer.

In some embodiments, the reference data is the output data of theactivation layer, where if the input data and output data of theactivation layer are equal, the output data is encoded as 1; if theinput data and output data of the activation layer are not equal, theoutput data is encoded as 0; or

the reference data is a constant, and the value of the constant is 0,where if the input data is greater than 0, the input data is encoded as1; and if the input data is smaller than or equal to 0, the input datais encoded as 0.

In some embodiments, in the step of obtaining the encoding resultcorresponding to the current partial derivative, a code of the featuremap in corresponding position can be obtained according to the positionof the current partial derivative dy, where the position of the currentpartial derivative dy can be obtained according to a relative address ofa matrix or an array.

In some embodiments, a formula of computing the output data of theactivation layer after being processed by the activation functionaccording to the input data of the activation layer is:

f(x)=max(x,αx),

where x represents the input data of the activation layer, f (x)represents the output data of the activation layer, and α represents theparameter of the activation function; and the activation function is aReLU (Rectified Linear Unit) or a Leaky ReLU (Leaky Rectified LinearUnit).

In some embodiments, in the step of processing the partial derivativeaccording to the encoding result, if the encoding result is 1, a currentpartial derivative dy is not processed, and the dy is directlytransferred to the I/O module; if the encoding result is 0, the currentpartial derivative dy is multiplied by the parameter α of the activationfunction to obtain dy₁, and then the obtained dy₁ is transferred to theI/O module.

In a twentieth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure providesan encoding and storage apparatus of convolutional neural network, whichincludes a storage module and an encoding module. The encoding moduleincludes a comparator and an encoder, where the comparator is configuredto compare input data of an activation layer with reference data, andthe encoder is configured to encode input data or output data of theactivation layer according to a comparison result.

In some embodiments, the storage module is configured to store anencoding result in a feature map, store the comparison result, and storea parameter α of an activation function.

In some embodiments, the reference data is a constant or output data ofthe activation layer.

In some embodiments, if the activation function is a ReLU (RectifiedLinear Unit) or a Leaky ReLU (Leaky Rectified Linear Unit), thereference data is the output data of the activation layer, where if theinput data and output data of the activation layer are equal, the outputdata is encoded as 1; if the input data and output data of theactivation layer are not equal, the output data is encoded as 0; or

the reference data is a constant, and the value of the constant is 0,where if the input data is greater than 0, the input data is encoded as1; and if the input data is smaller than or equal to 0, the input datais encoded as 0.

In some embodiments, the encoding adopts 0/1 encoding and the encodeddata is stored in bits.

In a twenty-first aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosureprovides a processor of convolutional neural network, which includes theencoding and storage apparatus, where the processor of convolutionalneural network further includes:

a computation module configured to perform a forward propagationoperation and a back propagation operation, where when performing theforward propagation operation, the computation module is configured tocompute the output data of the activation layer after being processed bythe activation function according to the input data of the activationlayer; and where when performing the back propagation operation, thecomputation module is configured to process a partial derivativeaccording to the encoding result.

In some embodiments, the processor further includes an I/O module usedfor data transfer between the activation layer and the adjacent layers,data transfer between the storage module and the computation module, anddata input and output of the encoding and storage apparatus.

In some embodiments, the processor further includes an I/O module usedfor data transfer between the activation layer and the adjacent layers,data transfer between the storage module and the computation module, anddata input and output of the encoding and storage apparatus.

In some embodiments, a formula of computing the output data of theactivation layer after being processed by the activation functionaccording to the input data of the activation layer is:

f(x)=max(x,αx),

where x represents the input data of the activation layer, f (x)represents the output data of the activation layer, and α represents theparameter of the activation function; and the activation function is aReLU (Rectified Linear Unit) or a Leaky ReLU (Leaky Rectified LinearUnit).

In some embodiments, the activation function is ReLU, and the value of ais in the range of 0˜0.35.

In some embodiments, when performing the back propagation operation, thecomputation module is configured to process a partial derivativeaccording to the encoding result. If the encoding result is 1, a currentpartial derivative dy is not processed, and the dy is directlytransferred to the I/O module; if the encoding result is 0, the currentpartial derivative dy is multiplied by the parameter α of the activationfunction to obtain dy₁, and then the obtained dy₁ is transferred to theI/O module.

A twenty-second aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure providesan encoding and storage method of convolutional neural network, whichincludes:

comparing input data of an activation layer with reference data; and

encoding input data or output data of the activation layer according toa comparison result.

In some embodiments, the encoding and storage method of convolutionalneural network further includes: storing the comparison result, anencoding result, and a parameter α of an activation function, where theencoding result is stored in a feature map.

In some embodiments, the reference data is a constant or output data ofthe activation layer.

In some embodiments, the reference data is the output data of theactivation layer, where if the input data and output data of theactivation layer are equal, the output data is encoded as 1; if theinput data and output data of the activation layer are not equal, theoutput data is encoded as 0; or

the reference data is a constant, and the value of the constant is 0,where if the input data is greater than 0, the input data is encoded as1; and if the input data is smaller than or equal to 0, the input datais encoded as 0.

In a twenty-third aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosureprovides a training method of convolutional neural network, whichincludes:

when performing a forward propagation operation, computing the outputdata of the activation layer after being processed by the activationfunction according to the input data of the activation layer; and

when performing a back propagation operation, obtaining an encodingresult corresponding to a current partial derivative, and performing apartial derivative operation according to the encoding result.

In some embodiments, the training method further includes: outputting anoperation result.

In some embodiments, in the step of obtaining the encoding resultcorresponding to the current partial derivative, a code of the featuremap in corresponding position can be obtained according to the positionof the current partial derivative dy, where the position of the currentpartial derivative dy can be obtained according to a relative address ofa matrix or an array.

In some embodiments, a formula of computing the output data of theactivation layer after being processed by the activation functionaccording to the input data of the activation layer is:

f(x)=max(x,αx),

where x represents the input data of the activation layer, f (x)represents the output data of the activation layer, and α represents theparameter of the activation function; and the activation function is aReLU (Rectified Linear Unit) or a Leaky ReLU (Leaky Rectified LinearUnit).

In some embodiments, in the step of processing the partial derivativeaccording to the encoding result, if the encoding result is 1, a currentpartial derivative dy is not processed, and the dy is directlytransferred to the I/O module; if the encoding result is 0, the currentpartial derivative dy is multiplied by the parameter α of the activationfunction to obtain dy1, and then the obtained dy1 is transferred to theI/O module.

In a twenty-fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosureprovides a chip including the encoding and storage apparatus ofconvolutional neural network or the processor of convolutional neuralnetwork.

In a twenty-fifth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosureprovides an electronic device including the chip.

Technical Effects

It can be seen from the technical solutions that the processor ofconvolutional neural network and the training method of convolutionalneural network provided by the present disclosure have at least one ofthe following technical effects:

1. By adopting the processor of convolutional neural network and thetraining method of convolutional neural network provided by the presentdisclosure, there is no need to modify any parameters that affect theprediction result, so that the accuracy of predicting the convolutionalneural network will not be affected.

2. Since the input and output of the activation layer have been comparedduring forward propagation, only the encoding result needs to be judgedduring back propagation, there is no need to call the input results andoutput results of the activation layer during forward propagation toselect the partial derivative. Therefore, the present disclosure reducesthe count of input and output to the memory and optimizes theperformance of the convolutional neural network.

3. The present disclosure encodes and stores the data in the feature mapof the activation layer, compresses the 32-bit floating-point data to1-bit floating-point data, and effectively saves memory.

It should be noted that the above general description and the followingdetailed description are only exemplary and explanatory and do not limitthe present disclosure.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The drawings herein form part of this specification, showing embodimentsconforming to this disclosure and explaining the principles of thisdisclosure together with the specification.

FIG. 1a is a schematic diagram of an internal structure of a terminalprovided by an embodiment;

FIG. 1 is a schematic flowchart of a video retrieval method provided byan embodiment;

FIG. 2 is a schematic flowchart of a video retrieval method provided byanother embodiment;

FIG. 3 is a schematic flowchart of a video retrieval method provided byanother embodiment;

FIG. 4 is a schematic flowchart of a video retrieval method provided byanother embodiment;

FIG. 5 is a schematic flowchart of a video retrieval method provided byanother embodiment;

FIG. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of a tree-like directorystructure provided by an embodiment;

FIG. 7 is a schematic flowchart of a video retrieval method provided byanother embodiment;

FIG. 8 is a schematic flowchart of a video retrieval method provided byanother embodiment;

FIG. 9 is a schematic flowchart of a method for generating a videoretrieval mapping relationship provided by an embodiment;

FIG. 10 is a schematic flowchart of a method for generating a videoretrieval mapping relationship provided by another embodiment;

FIG. 11 is a schematic flowchart of a method for generating a videoretrieval mapping relationship provided by another embodiment;

FIG. 12 is a schematic structural diagram of a video retrieval apparatusprovided by an embodiment;

FIG. 13 is a schematic structural diagram of an apparatus for generatingvideo retrieval mapping relationship provided by an embodiment;

FIG. 14 is a schematic structural diagram of an apparatus for generatingvideo retrieval mapping relationship provided by another embodiment;

FIG. 15 is a schematic structural diagram of an apparatus for generatingvideo retrieval mapping relationship provided by another embodiment;

FIG. 16 is a schematic structural diagram of an apparatus for generatingvideo retrieval mapping relationship provided by another embodiment;

FIG. 17 is a schematic structural diagram of an apparatus for generatinga video retrieval mapping relationship provided by another embodiment;

FIG. 18 is a schematic structural diagram of an apparatus for generatinga video retrieval mapping relationship provided by another embodiment;

FIG. 19 is a schematic structural diagram of an apparatus for generatinga video retrieval mapping relationship provided by another embodiment;

FIG. 20 is a schematic structural diagram of an apparatus for generatinga video retrieval mapping relationship provided by another embodiment;

FIG. 21 is a structural block diagram of an encoding and storageapparatus in an embodiment;

FIG. 22 is a structural block diagram of a processor in an embodiment;

FIG. 23 is a structural block diagram of a processor in anotherembodiment;

FIG. 24 is a flowchart of an encoding and storage method ofconvolutional neural network in an embodiment;

FIG. 25 is a data flow diagram of data forward propagation in anembodiment;

FIG. 26 is a flowchart of a training method of convolutional neuralnetwork in an embodiment;

FIG. 27 is a related schematic diagram of neural network training in anembodiment.

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The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present disclosurewill be described clearly and in details hereinafter with reference tothe accompanied drawings. The embodiments of the present disclosure andthe various features and advantageous details of the embodiments aredescribed with reference to the non-limiting embodiments shown in thedrawings and in the following description. It should be noted that thefeatures shown in the drawings are not necessarily drawn to scale. Thedisclosure does not describe the known materials, components, andprocess techniques so as not to obscure the embodiments of the presentdisclosure. The examples given are intended only to facilitate theunderstanding of the implementation of the embodiments of the presentdisclosure and further enable those skilled in the art to implement theembodiments. These examples should not be construed as limiting thescope of the present disclosure.

Unless otherwise specifically defined, the technical or scientific termsused in this disclosure shall have a general meaning understood by aperson of general skill in the field to which this disclosure belongs.The terms such as “first”, “second” and the like of the presentdisclosure are used for distinguishing between different componentsrather than describing a particular order, quantity or importance. Inaddition, in each embodiment of the present disclosure, the same orsimilar reference label represents the same or similar component.

The video retrieval method provided by the embodiment of the presentdisclosure may be applied to a terminal shown in FIG. 1a . The terminalincludes a processor and a memory connected through a system bus. Thememory stores a computer program. When the processor executes thecomputer program, the following steps of the method embodiments may beexecuted. Optionally, the terminal further incudes a network interface,a display screen, and an input equipment. The processor of the terminalmay be configured to provide computing and controlling capabilities. Thememory of the terminal may include a nonvolatile storage medium and aninternal memory. The nonvolatile storage medium may have an operatingsystem and a computer program. The internal memory may provide anenvironment for the running of the operating system and the computerprogram in the nonvolatile storage medium. The network interface of theterminal may be configured to communicate with an external terminal viaa network. Optionally, the terminal may be a mobile terminal, a portabledevice, and other electronic devices that have data processing functionsand can interact with external devices or users, such as a television, adigital projector, a tablet, a mobile phone, a personal computer, and aDVD (Digital Video Disc) Player etc. The embodiments of the presentdisclosure do not limit the specific form of the terminal. The inputequipment of the terminal may be a touch surface layered on the displayscreen, and may be a button, a trackball, or a touch pad arranged on acase of the terminal, and may further be a keyboard, a touch pad, and amouse externally connected to the terminal.

With the development of society, people are increasingly inseparablefrom videos in their lives. From watching videos on TVs and moviescreens in the past to watching videos on terminals (which includes, butis not limited to all kinds of personal computers, laptops, smartphones,tablets, TVs, and TV set-top boxes) now. It can be understood that avideo file is composed of a plurality of frame pictures, and when aplurality of frame pictures are played continuously and quickly, thevideos we usually watch are formed. In the early days, videos could onlybe watched frame by frame instead of fast forward. But now, no matterwatching videos on TV or watching videos on the terminals, people canfast forward and skip the shots they don't like. In other words, in thetraditional technology, if users want to watch a specific shot, theyneed to manually fast forward to traverse the videos, which isinefficient, and in the process of fast forwarding, the user is likelyto miss the shot to be searched, resulting in that the human-computerinteraction is not intelligent enough. A video retrieval method, and amethod, an apparatus, a terminal, a device, and a storage medium forgenerating a video retrieval mapping relationship provided by thepresent disclosure are intended to solve the above technical problemscaused by the technical technology.

It should be noted that the execution body of the following methodembodiments may be a video retrieval apparatus, and the apparatus may beimplemented by software, hardware, or a combination of software andhardware, thereby achieving part or all of the functions of theterminal. The following method embodiments are described by taking anexample where the execution body is a terminal.

In order to make the purpose, technical solutions, and advantages of thepresent disclosure more clear, the disclosure will be further describedin detail below in conjunction with the drawings and embodiments. Itshould be understood that the specific embodiments described herein areonly used to explain the present disclosure and are not intended tolimit the present disclosure.

FIG. 1 is a schematic flowchart of a video retrieval method provided byan embodiment. This embodiment relates to a specific process of aterminal obtaining a target frame picture according to retrievalinformation in a retrieval instruction and a preset mappingrelationship. As shown in FIG. 1, the method includes:

S101: obtaining a retrieval instruction which carries retrievalinformation for retrieving a target frame picture.

Specifically, the retrieval instruction may be a voice signal obtainedby the terminal through a voice recognition sensor, where the voicesignal may include description information of a target frame picture;the retrieval instruction may be a somatosensory signal obtained by theterminal through a vision recognition sensor, where the somatosensorysignal may include posture information of people in the target framepicture; the retrieval instruction may be a text signal or a picturesignal obtained by the terminal through a human-computer interactioninterface (such as a touch screen of a mobile phone, etc.), where thetext signal may include description information of the target framepicture, and the picture signal may include people, animals, scenery,etc. in the target frame picture.

For example, when the retrieval instruction is the voice signal obtainedthrough the voice recognition sensor, the terminal can recognize theobtained voice signal as text, where the text includes at least onepiece of retrieval information for retrieving the target frame picture.When the retrieval instruction is the somatosensory signal obtainedthrough the vision recognition sensor, the terminal can recognize theobtained somatosensory signal as text, where the text includes at leastone piece of retrieval information for retrieving the target framepicture. When the retrieval instruction is the text signal or thepicture signal obtained through the human-computer interactioninterface, the terminal can recognize the obtained text signal orpicture signal as text, where the text includes at least one piece ofretrieval information for retrieving the target frame picture.

It should be noted that the retrieval instruction may also be othersignals obtained by the terminal, as long as the signal carries theretrieval information used to retrieve the target frame picture. Forexample, the method for obtaining the retrieval instruction may also bea combination of at least the above-mentioned two methods for obtainingthe retrieval instruction. The embodiment does not limit the retrievalmethod and specific form of the retrieval instruction.

The video retrieval method further includes:

S102: obtaining the target frame picture according to the retrievalinformation and a preset mapping relationship, where the mappingrelationship includes a correspondence between different textdescription sequences and frame pictures, where a text descriptionsequence is a sequence of text that can describe content of the framepicture.

Specifically, the text description sequence is a sequence composed oftext that can describe the content of the frame picture. Optionally, thetext description sequence may include at least a text descriptionsentence describing the frame picture, where the text descriptionsentence may include a plurality of pieces of text describing thecontent of the frame picture, and the text description sequence mayfurther include sequences in other forms. Optionally, the textdescription sentence may include at least one type of text descriptionof people, time, place, and event.

Optionally, the text description of people may describe the number,gender, identity, and/or role of the peoples included in the framepicture; the text description of time may describe seasons, day andnight, and/or era where the seasons may be spring, summer, autumn, andwinter, and the era can be ancient or modern; the text description ofplace may describe at least one of the geographic conditions, geomorphicconditions, and special scenes in the frame picture, where thegeographic conditions may include cities, towns, and rural areas, andthe geomorphic conditions may include grasslands, plains, plateaus,snowfields, etc., and the special scenes may include residences, officebuildings, factories, shopping malls, etc.; the text description ofevent may describe the overall environment of the frame picture, such aswars, sports competitions, etc.

Specifically, the target frame picture includes a frame picturecorresponding to the retrieval information retrieved from all framepictures of the video stream.

It should be noted that the mapping relationship may be embodied in theform of a table or a list, which is not limited in this embodiment. Inaddition, the mapping relationship can be constructed according to thefollowing embodiments, and the mapping relationship can also beconstructed by obtaining priori knowledge from videos and combining theobtained prior knowledge and retrieval information (such as retrievalkeywords) into a word vector, or the mapping relationship may be presetdirectly based on the priori knowledge. It should be noted that thisembodiment does not limit the methods for obtaining the mappingrelationship.

When specifically implementing the step S102, the terminal retrieves theretrieval information in the text description sequence according to theobtained retrieval information for retrieving the target frame picture.After the text description sequence corresponding to the retrievalinformation in the retrieval instruction obtained in the step S101 isretrieved, the frame picture corresponding to the text descriptionsequence can be determined according to the mapping relationship, thatis, the target frame picture can be obtained. It should be noted that ifthe retrieval instruction is clear, only one frame picture may beretrieved, and if only one frame picture is retrieved, the frame pictureis the target frame picture. However, if the retrieval instruction isfuzzy, a plurality of frame pictures may be retrieved; if scenesrepresented by a plurality of frame pictures are similar, and textdescription sequences corresponding to the frame pictures representingsimilar scenes are relatively similar, then a plurality of framepictures may also be retrieved. When a plurality of frame pictures areretrieved, the plurality of retrieved frame pictures may be displayed ona display interface of the terminal at the same time for the users toselect from; or the plurality of retrieved frame pictures may also bedisplayed on the display interface of the terminal frame by frame in theorder in which a plurality of frame pictures appear in the video for theusers to select from. The users can select the frame pictures bypressing a button on the terminal to select a next page/a previous page,or by making gestures or body gestures to select a next page/a previouspage. It should be noted that, the embodiment does not limit the methodof making the frame picture flip to the next page/the previous page. Inaddition, when a plurality of frame pictures are retrieved, theembodiment does not limit the method of displaying a plurality of framepictures on the display interface.

According to the video retrieval method provided by the embodiment, theterminal can obtain the target frame picture needed to be retrieved bythe users according to the retrieval information in the obtainedretrieval instruction for retrieving the target frame picture and thepreset mapping relationship. Compared with the traditional retrievalmethod that the users need to manually fast forward and traverse thevideos, by adopting the video retrieval method provided by theembodiment of the present disclosure, when the terminal is retrieving,only the retrieval information of the target frame picture is needed toobtain the target frame picture needed to be retrieved, that is, thevideo retrieval method provided by the embodiment of the presentdisclosure has high efficiency. In addition, by adopting the videoretrieval method provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure,a situation where the users are likely to miss a shot to be searchedduring manually fast forward and traverse the videos in the traditionaltechnology can be avoided, that is, adopting the video retrieval methodprovided by the embodiments of the present disclosure can improvehuman-computer interaction intelligence.

FIG. 2 is a schematic flowchart of a video retrieval method provided byanother embodiment. This embodiment relates to a specific process of theterminal constructing the mapping relationship between the textdescription sequence and the frame picture. Based on the above-mentionedembodiment, before obtaining the retrieval instruction, the videoretrieval method further includes:

S201: sampling the video stream to obtain a plurality of frame picturescontained in the video stream.

Optionally, when the terminal samples the video stream, the samplingfrequency may be 1 frame per second or 2 frames per second. Theembodiment does not limit the sampling frequency.

The sampling the video stream to obtain a plurality of frame picturescontained in the video stream in the step S201 may reduce thecomputational complexity of processing the obtained frame pictures inthe video stream after sampling in the subsequent steps. Optionally, thevideo retrieval method provided by the present disclosure may notdirectly sample the video stream, but directly process the framepictures in the video stream in the following step:

S202: performing a feature extraction operation on each frame picture byusing a feature extraction model to obtain a key feature sequencecorresponding to each frame picture, where the key feature sequenceincludes at least one key feature of the frame picture.

Specifically, the feature extraction model may be a neural networkmodel, where the neural network may be a convolutional neural networkmodel. For example, the convolutional neural network model is used toperform the feature extraction operation on each frame picture, theframe picture is input into the convolutional neural network model, andthen the output of the convolutional neural network model is the keyfeature corresponding to the frame picture, where each frame picture maycorrespond to at least one key feature, and the at least one key featuremay constitute a key feature sequence corresponding to each framepicture. It should be noted that the feature extraction model is notlimited in this embodiment, as long as the feature extraction model canoutput the key feature of the frame picture after a frame picture isinput.

The video retrieval method further includes:

S203: inputting the key feature sequence corresponding to each framepicture into a text sequence extraction model for processing to obtain atext description sequence corresponding to each frame picture.

Specifically, the text sequence extraction model may be a neural networkmodel, where the neural network may be a sequence-to-sequence networkmodel. For example, the sequence-to-sequence network model is used toprocess the key feature sequence. After the key feature sequencecorresponding to the frame picture is input to the sequence-to-sequencenetwork model, the sequence-to-sequence network model outputs the textdescription sequence corresponding to the frame picture. It should benoted that the text sequence extraction model is not limited in thisembodiment, as long as the text sequence extraction model can output thetext description sequence corresponding to the frame picture after thekey feature sequence corresponding to the frame picture is input.

The video retrieval method further includes:

S204: constructing the mapping relationship according to the textdescription sequence corresponding to each frame picture.

Specifically, according to the step S201 to step S203, the textdescription sequence corresponding to each frame picture can beobtained, and the mapping relationship between the frame picture and thetext description sequence can be constructed according to thecorrespondence between the frame picture and the text descriptionsequence.

Optionally, in an embodiment, after the step S202: performing a featureextraction operation on each frame picture by using a feature extractionmodel to obtain a key feature sequence corresponding to each framepicture, the video retrieval method further includes:

computing a first correlation between a key feature sequencecorresponding to a previous frame picture set and a key feature sequencecorresponding to a next frame picture set.

Specifically, the key feature sequence corresponding to each framepicture can be obtained according to the step S202, where the firstcorrelation between the key feature sequences corresponding to theprevious frame picture set and the key feature sequences correspondingto the next frame picture set may be computed according to Euclideandistance, Manhattan distance, or angle cosine. Optionally, the framepicture set may include one frame picture or a plurality of framepictures, which is not limited in this embodiment. The first correlationis used to represent the similarity between the key feature sequencescorresponding to the previous frame picture set and the key featuresequences corresponding to the next frame picture set, where if the keyfeature sequences corresponding to the previous frame picture set aremore similar to the key feature sequences corresponding to the nextframe picture set, the first correlation is greater, otherwise, thefirst correlation is smaller.

It should be noted that the Euclidean distance, Manhattan distance, andangle cosine belong to the method for computing the correlation betweentwo vectors. There are other methods for computing the correlationbetween the two vectors in addition to the Euclidean distance, Manhattandistance, angle cosine, etc., and the methods will not be listed in thisembodiment.

According to the video retrieval method provided by the embodiment ofthe present disclosure, the terminal performs the feature extractionoperation on the frame picture sampled from the video stream by usingthe feature extraction model to obtain the key feature sequencecorresponding to each frame picture, and then the key feature sequenceis processed by the text sequence extraction model to obtain the textdescription sequence corresponding to each frame picture, in this way,the mapping relationship between the frame picture and the textdescription sequence is constructed. The target frame picture to beretrieved can be obtained according to the retrieval information and themapping relationship between the frame picture and the text descriptionsequence constructed according to the embodiment. And the obtainedtarget frame picture is more accurate, so as to achieve higherefficiency, and the human-computer interaction is more intelligent.

FIG. 3 is a schematic flowchart of a video retrieval method provided byanother embodiment. This embodiment relates to a specific process ofconstructing the mapping relationship between text description sequenceand the frame picture based on the chapter attribute. Based on theabove-mentioned embodiment, the constructing the mapping relationshipaccording to the text description sequence corresponding to each framepicture in the step S204 includes:

S301: computing a second correlation between a text description sequencecorresponding to a previous frame picture set and a text descriptionsequence corresponding to a next frame picture set in all textdescription sequences.

Specifically, for the video to be retrieved, the text descriptionsequence corresponding to each frame picture is obtained according tothe step S203, and then the second correlation between the textdescription sequence corresponding to the previous frame picture set andthe text description sequence corresponding to the next frame pictureset can be computed according to Euclidean distance, Manhattan distance,or angle cosine. The second correlation is used to represent thesimilarity between the text description sequence corresponding to theprevious frame picture set and the text description sequencecorresponding to the next frame picture set.

In an optional embodiment, a step of computing the second correlationbetween the text description sequence corresponding to the previousframe picture set and the text description sequence corresponding to thenext frame picture set includes: performing a word segmentationoperation on text description sentences in the text descriptionsequence; and then determining the second correlation according to aword segmentation result of the previous frame picture set and the nextframe picture set. The specific implementation of this step can bereferred to FIG. 4, that is, the step S301 may specifically include thefollowing step:

S401: performing the word segmentation operation on text descriptionsentences in each text description sequence to obtain a wordsegmentation result corresponding to each text description sequence,where the word segmentation result includes a plurality of segmentedwords.

Specifically, when the terminal performs the word segmentation operationon the text description sentences in each text description sequence, aword segmentation method based on string matching, a word segmentationmethod based on understanding, or a word segmentation method based onstatistics may be adopted. After the word segmentation operation isperformed on the text description sentences, each text descriptionsentence can be segmented into a plurality of separate segmented words,which are the word segmentation result corresponding to the textdescription sequence. For example, after being performed the wordsegmentation operation, the text description sentences can be segmentedinto words of people, time, place, and event. It should be noted thatthis embodiment does not limit the method of word segmentationoperation.

The step S301 further includes the following step:

S402: determining a label corresponding to the word segmentation resultof each text description sequence according to the word segmentationresult corresponding to each text description sequence, and a mappingrelationship between a preset label and the segmented words, where thelabel includes a people label, a time label, a place label, and an eventlabel.

Specifically, the label includes the people label, the time label, theplace label, and the event label. After the step S401 that the wordsegmentation operation is performed on the text description sentences,the text description sentences are segmented into words of people, time,place, and event. And then, the word segmentation results are matched tothe labels according to the mapping relationship between the presetlabel and the segmented words. For example, if a segmented word is aperson's name, the segmented word corresponds to the people label; andif a segmented word is a plateau, the segmented word corresponds to theplace label, and so on.

The step S301 further includes the following step:

S403: determining whether a word segmentation result of the textdescription sequence corresponding to the previous frame picture set isthe same as a word segmentation result of the text description sequencecorresponding to the next frame picture set under a same label, andaccording to a judgment result, determining the second correlationbetween the text description sequence corresponding to the previousframe picture set and the text description sequence corresponding to thenext frame picture set.

Specifically, according to the step S402, the word segmentation resultsof the text description sequence are matched to the labels, in this way,each segmented word is matched to a corresponding label. When each wordsegmentation result of the text description sequence of the previousframe picture set and the next frame picture set is under a same label,it is determined whether the word segmentation results of the textdescription sequence corresponding to the two frame picture sets are thesame. For example, the second correlation between the text descriptionsequence corresponding to the adjacent two frame picture sets can beobtained according to a ratio of a count of same word segmentationresults and a count of different word segmentation results. In otherwords, the second correlation is used to represent the similaritybetween the text description sequence corresponding to the previousframe picture set and the text description sequence corresponding to thenext frame picture set, where if a probability of the word segmentationresults of two adjacent frames of picture sets being the same isgreater, the second correlation is greater, and conversely, the secondcorrelation is smaller.

The word segmentation result corresponding to each text descriptionsequence can be obtained according to the steps of S401 to S403, andthen the following step S302 is executed:

S302: determining a chapter attribute of the text description sequencecorresponding to the previous frame picture set and the text descriptionsequence corresponding to the next frame picture set according tocomparison results of the second correlation with a preset firstthreshold and a preset second threshold.

Specifically, according to the step S301, all the second correlationsbetween the text description sequence corresponding to the previousframe picture set and the text description sequence corresponding to thenext frame picture set are obtained, and each second correlation iscompared with the first threshold and the second threshold, and then thechapter attribute of the text description sequence corresponding to theprevious frame picture set and the text description sequencecorresponding to the next frame picture set according to the comparisonresults of the second correlation with the first threshold and thesecond threshold. The step S302 can be implemented by the following twopossible implementation manners.

A first possible implementation manner may be referred to FIG. 5, thatis, the step S302 includes the following steps:

S501: determining that the text description sequence corresponding tothe previous frame picture set and the text description sequencecorresponding to the next frame picture set belong to a same section inthe tree-like directory structure when the second correlation is greaterthan or equal to a first threshold; and

S502: determining that the text description sequence corresponding tothe previous frame picture set and the text description sequencecorresponding to the next frame picture set belong to different sectionsin a same chapter in the tree-like directory structure when the secondcorrelation is greater than a second threshold and less than the firstthreshold.

Specifically, the first threshold is a minimum value that can be takenfor the second correlation when the text description sequencecorresponding to the previous frame picture set and the text descriptionsequence corresponding to the next frame picture set are determined tobelong to a same section in the tree-like directory structure; and thefirst threshold is a maximum value that can be taken for the secondcorrelation when the text description sequence corresponding to theprevious frame picture set and the text description sequencecorresponding to the next frame picture set are determined to belong todifferent sections in a same chapter in the tree-like directorystructure. The second threshold is a minimum value that can be taken forthe second correlation when the text description sequence correspondingto the previous frame picture set and the text description sequencecorresponding to the next frame picture set are determined to belong todifferent sections in a same chapter in the tree-like directorystructure.

Based on the above description, it can be understood that in practicalapplications, a section in the tree-like directory structure can be usedto represent a set of adjacent frame pictures with little change of thescenes. The change of scenes of two adjacent picture frame sets in asame chapter in the tree-like directory structure is greater than thatof two adjacent picture frame sets in a same section. The scenes may benot change completely in a same chapter in the tree-like directorystructure, while when the scenes of two adjacent frame picture sets arecompletely changed, the two adjacent frame picture sets belong todifferent chapters in the tree-like directory structure. In other words,the chapters in the tree-like directory structure can be used torepresent the degree of change of scenes of two adjacent picture framesets.

Optionally, after the chapter attribute of the text description sequencecorresponding to the previous frame picture set and the text descriptionsequence corresponding to the next frame picture set among all the textdescription sequences is determined, as shown in FIG. 6, a structure ofchapters of the text description sequence corresponding to all framepictures is a tree-like directory structure. It can be understood thatthe tree-like directory structure can also be regarded as a tree-likedirectory structure of the video to be retrieved.

A second possible implementation manner may be referred to FIG. 7, thatis, the step S302 includes the following step:

S601: performing a weighting operation on the first correlation and thesecond correlation to determine a weighted correlation.

Specifically, the first correlation is used to represent the similaritybetween the key feature sequences corresponding to the previous framepicture set and the key feature sequences corresponding to the nextframe picture set, and the second correlation is used to represent thesimilarity between the text description sequence corresponding to theprevious frame picture set and the text description sequencecorresponding to the next frame picture set. According to weights of thefirst correlation and the second correlation, a weighted sum operationis performed on the first correlation and the second correlation, and aresult of the weighted sum operation is determined as the weightedcorrelation. The weights of the first d correlation and the secondcorrelation can be set separately according to experience; optionally,an initial value may be given first, and an iterative operation isperformed, and then corresponding weights can be obtained until aniteration result is converged. It should be noted that this embodimentdoes not limit the way of obtaining the weights of the first correlationand the second correlation.

The step S302 further includes the following step:

S602: determining that the text description sequence corresponding tothe previous frame picture set and the text description sequencecorresponding to the next frame picture set belong to a same section inthe tree-like directory structure when the weighted correlation isgreater than or equal to the first threshold; and

S603: determining that the text description sequence corresponding tothe previous frame picture set and the text description sequencecorresponding to the next frame picture set belong to different sectionsin a same chapter in the tree-like directory structure when the weightedcorrelation is greater than the second threshold and less than the firstthreshold.

Specifically, similar to the determining the chapter attribute of thetext description sequence corresponding to the previous frame pictureset and the text description sequence corresponding to the next framepicture set among all the text description sequences according to thesecond correlation, the first threshold and the second threshold, thefirst threshold is a minimum value that can be taken for the weightedcorrelation when the text description sequence corresponding to theprevious frame picture set and the text description sequencecorresponding to the next frame picture set are determined to belong toa same section in the tree-like directory structure; and the firstthreshold is a maximum value that can be taken for the secondcorrelation when the text description sequence corresponding to theprevious frame picture set and the text description sequencecorresponding to the next frame picture set are determined to belong todifferent sections in a same chapter in the tree-like directorystructure. The second threshold is a minimum value that can be taken forthe second correlation when the text description sequence correspondingto the previous frame picture set and the text description sequencecorresponding to the next frame picture set are determined to belong todifferent sections in a same chapter in the tree-like directorystructure.

In this embodiment, the terminal performs the weighting operation on thefirst correlation and the second correlation to determine the weightedcorrelation, and determines whether the text description sequencecorresponding to the previous frame picture set and the text descriptionsequence corresponding to the next frame picture set belong to a samesection in the tree-like directory structure or a same chapter in thetree-like directory structure. In this way, the chapter attribute of thetree-like directory structure of the text description sequencecorresponding to the frame pictures can be classified according to thefirst correlation and the second correlation, so that a more robustdivision of the text description sequence corresponding to the framepictures can be obtained.

According to the description of FIG. 5 and FIG. 7, the chapter attributeof the text description sequence corresponding to the previous framepicture set and the text description sequence corresponding to the nextframe picture set can be determined. And then, a step S303 to a stepS304 are executed:

S303: classifying all text description sequences into a tree-likedirectory structure according to the chapter attribute of the textdescription sequence corresponding to the previous frame picture set andthe text description sequence corresponding to the next frame pictureset among all the text description sequences.

Specifically, as shown in FIG. 6, a specific division process of thetree-like directory structure has been described in detail above andwill not be repeated here.

The step S304 includes: according to the tree-like directory structureand the text description sequence corresponding to each frame picture,constructing a mapping relationship based on the chapter attribute.

Specifically, the tree-like directory structure is obtained based on thechapter attribute of the text description sequence corresponding to theprevious frame picture set and the text description sequencecorresponding to the next frame picture set among all the textdescription sequences. The sections in the tree-like directory structureinclude text description sequences corresponding to at least twoadjacent frame picture sets, and the chapters in the tree-like directorystructure include at least two sections in the tree-like directorystructure.

According to the video retrieval method provided by the embodiment ofthe present disclosure, the terminal computes the second correlationbetween the text description sequence corresponding to the previousframe picture set and the text description sequence corresponding to thenext frame picture set among all the text description sequences, andthen compares the second correlation with the preset first threshold andthe preset second threshold to determine the chapter attribute of thetext description sequence corresponding to the previous frame pictureset and the text description sequence corresponding to the next framepicture set, and classifies all the text description sequences into thetree-like directory structure according to the determined chapterattribute, and then constructs the mapping relationship between thetree-like directory structure and the text description sequencecorresponding to each frame picture based on the chapter attribute.According to the video retrieval method provided by the embodiment ofthe present disclosure, by constructing the mapping relationship betweenthe tree-like directory structure and the text description sequencecorresponding to each frame picture based on the chapter attribute, whenretrieving videos, the terminal can first determine the chapter in thetree-like directory structure corresponding to the retrievalinformation, and then determines the section in the tree-like directorystructure corresponding to the retrieval information in the chapter ofthe tree-like directory structure. In this way, according to the mappingrelationship between the tree-like directory structure and the textdescription sequences, the text description sequence corresponding tothe retrieval information can be determined, and then the target framepicture can be determined, which improves the retrieval speed andretrieval efficiency, and the human-computer interaction intelligencebecomes much higher.

FIG. 8 is a schematic flowchart of a video retrieval method provided byanother embodiment. This embodiment relates to a specific process ofobtaining the target frame picture according to the retrievalinformation and the preset mapping relationship. Based on theabove-mentioned embodiment, the obtaining the target frame pictureaccording to the retrieval information and the preset mappingrelationship in the step S102 includes:

S701: obtaining retrieval information at a first level and retrievalinformation at a second level in the retrieval information.

Specifically, the retrieval information can be obtained by analyzingusers' voice signals or the users' somatosensory signals, or can beobtained through the human-computer interaction interface. According toa network weight of the obtained retrieval information, the retrievalinformation is classified into different levels. The retrievalinformation at the first level is retrieval information that does nothave the greatest impact on the correlation between two adjacent framepictures, and the retrieval information at the second level is retrievalinformation that has the greatest impact on the correlation between thetwo adjacent frame pictures. The retrieval information at the firstlevel and the retrieval information at the second level are notabsolute, therefore, this embodiment does not limit the retrievalinformation at the first level and the retrieval information at thesecond level.

It should be noted that the embodiment does not limit the way ofclassifying the retrieval information.

The obtaining the target frame picture according to the retrievalinformation and the preset mapping relationship in the step S102 furtherincludes:

S702: according to the retrieval information at the first level,retrieving the tree-like directory structure contained in the mappingrelationship based on the chapter attribute to determine a targetchapter corresponding to the retrieval information.

Specifically, in the step S701, the retrieval information is classifiedinto the retrieval information at the first level and the retrievalinformation at the second level. According to the retrieval informationat the first level and the determined tree-like directory structurecontaining the chapter attribute, the retrieval information at the firstlevel is retrieved in the tree-like directory structure to obtain achapter of the tree-like directory structure corresponding to theretrieval information at the first level, and the obtained chapter isthe target chapter corresponding to the retrieval information. Theretrieval methods may include: traversing one by one from a first framepicture of all frame pictures, or traversing from a specific framepicture, and the retrieval methods are not limited in this embodiment.

The obtaining the target frame picture according to the retrievalinformation and the preset mapping relationship in the step S102 furtherincludes:

S703: determining a target section from the target chapter according tothe retrieval information at the second level.

Specifically, the target chapter corresponding to the retrievalinformation is determined according to the retrieval information at thefirst level, and according to the retrieval information at the secondlevel, the target chapter is retrieved to obtain a section of thetree-like directory structure corresponding to the retrieval informationat the second level, and the obtained section is the target sectioncorresponding to the retrieval information. After the retrieval isperformed according to the retrieval information at the first level andthe retrieval information at the second level, a plurality of targetsections corresponding to the retrieval information may be obtained.

The obtaining the target frame picture according to the retrievalinformation and the preset mapping relationship in the step S102 furtherincludes:

S704: obtaining the target frame picture according to the textdescription sequence corresponding to the target section and the mappingrelationship based on the chapter attribute.

Specifically, the target section corresponding to the retrievalinformation is obtained in the step S703, and according to the mappingrelationship based on the chapter attribute, the text descriptionsequence corresponding to the target section can be obtained, and thenthe target frame picture can be obtained according to the frame picturecorresponding to the text description sequence corresponding to thetarget section. If the retrieval information corresponds to a pluralityof target sections, the retrieval information corresponds to a pluralityof text description sequences, and the retrieval information alsocorresponds to a plurality of frame pictures, at this time, a pluralityof frame pictures can be displayed simultaneously for the users toselect the target frame picture.

According to the video retrieval method provided by the embodiment ofthe present disclosure, the terminal retrieves the tree-like directorystructure contained in the mapping relationship based on the chapterattribute according to the retrieval information at the first level ofthe obtained retrieval information to determine the target chaptercorresponding to the retrieval information, and then determines thetarget section from the target chapter according to the retrievalinformation at the second level, and finally obtains the target framepicture according to the text description sequence corresponding to thetarget section and the mapping relationship based on the chapterattribute. According to the video retrieval method provided by theembodiment of the present disclosure, the retrieval information at thefirst level in the retrieval information obtained by the terminal isretrieved in the tree-like directory structure. The chapter in thetree-like directory structure corresponding to the retrieval informationis determined during retrieval process, and then the section in thetree-like directory structure corresponding to the retrieval informationat the second level in the retrieval information in the chapter of thetree-like directory structure is determined, therefore, the textdescription sequence corresponding to the retrieval information aredetermined according to the mapping relationship between the tree-likedirectory structure and the text description sequences, and then thetarget frame picture is determined. In other words, the video retrievalmethod provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure improves theretrieval speed and retrieval efficiency, and the human-computerinteraction intelligence becomes much higher.

FIG. 9 is a schematic flowchart of a method for generating a videoretrieval mapping relationship provided by an embodiment. It should benoted that the execution body of the following method embodiments may bethe same as the execution body of the above-mentioned method embodimentsas a terminal, and the execution body of the following methodembodiments may also be a server. The following method embodiments aredescribed by taking the execution body as the server.

This embodiment relates to a specific process of the server constructingthe mapping relationship between text description sequences and framepictures. As shown in FIG. 9, the method for generating a videoretrieval mapping relationship includes:

S801: performing a feature extraction operation on each frame picture ina video stream by a feature extraction model to obtain a key featuresequence corresponding to each frame picture, where the key featuresequence includes one or more key features of the frame picture.

Optionally, before using the feature extraction model to perform thefeature extraction operation on each frame picture in the video stream,the server can also sample the video stream to obtain a plurality offrame pictures contained in the video stream. The sampling the videostream before the feature extraction operation is performed on eachframe picture in the video stream can reduce the operational complexity.

In addition, the specific process of the server using the featureextraction model to perform the feature extraction operation on eachframe picture in the video stream to obtain the key feature sequencecorresponding to each frame picture is similar to the correspondingprocess of operating on the terminal. For the specific process, pleaserefer to the embodiment corresponding to FIG. 2, and details are notdescribed herein again.

Before the feature extraction model is used to perform the featureextraction operation on each frame picture in the video stream, thefeature extraction model needs to be trained. During the process oftraining the feature extraction model, when preset training times arereached, adjusting weights and biases in the feature extraction modelmay be stopped. The specific training process can also refer to thefollowing embodiment.

The method for generating a video retrieval mapping relationship furtherincludes:

S802: inputting the key feature sequence corresponding to each framepicture into the text sequence extraction model for processing to obtainthe text description sequence corresponding to each frame picture, wherethe text description sequence is a sequence of text that can describecontent of a frame picture.

Specifically, the specific process of the server inputting a key featuresequence corresponding to each frame picture into a text sequenceextraction model for processing to obtain a text description sequencecorresponding to each frame picture is similar to the correspondingprocess of operating on the terminal. For the specific process, pleaserefer to the embodiment corresponding to FIG. 2, and details are notdescribed herein again. The text description sequence can refer to theembodiment corresponding to FIG. 1, which will not be repeated herein.

Before the key feature sequence corresponding to each frame picture isinput into the text sequence extraction model for processing, the textsequence extraction model needs to be trained. During the process oftraining the text sequence extraction model, when a preset trainingtimes are reached, adjusting weights and biases in the text sequenceextraction model may be stopped. The specific training process can alsorefer to the following embodiment.

The method for generating video retrieval mapping relationship furtherincludes:

S803: constructing the mapping relationship according to the textdescription sequence corresponding to each frame picture, where themapping relationship includes a correspondence between different textdescription sequences and frame pictures.

Specifically, according to the step S801 to the step S802, the servermay obtain the text description sequence corresponding to each framepicture, and construct the mapping relationship between the framepicture and the text description sequence according to thecorrespondence between the frame picture and the text descriptionsequence.

According to the method for generating video retrieval mappingrelationship provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure, theserver uses the feature extraction model to perform the featureextraction operation on each frame picture in the video stream to obtainthe key feature sequence corresponding to each frame picture, and inputsthe obtained key feature sequence corresponding to each frame pictureinto the text sequence extraction model for processing to obtain thetext description sequence corresponding to each frame picture, andfinally constructing the mapping relationship according to the textdescription sequence corresponding to each frame picture, that is, themapping relationship between the frame picture and the text descriptionsequence is constructed. Compared with the traditional retrieval methodthat the users need to manually fast forward and traverse the videos,according to the mapping relationship constructed based on the methodfor generating video retrieval mapping relationship provided by theembodiment of the present disclosure, when the users retrieve the videoson the terminal, the target frame picture needed to be retrieved can beobtained as long as the retrieval information of the target framepicture is input. In other words, according to the mapping relationshipconstructed based on the method for generating a video retrieval mappingrelationship provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure, thevideo retrieval efficiency can be improved. In addition, according tothe mapping relationship constructed based on the method for generatingvideo retrieval mapping relationship provided by the embodiment of thepresent disclosure, a situation where the users are likely to miss ashot to be searched during manually fast forward and traverse the videosin the traditional technology can be avoided, which can improvehuman-computer interaction intelligence.

FIG. 10 is a schematic flowchart of a method for generating videoretrieval mapping relationship provided by a second embodiment. Thisembodiment relates to a specific process of obtaining a featureextraction model. Based on the above-mentioned embodiment, beforeperforming a feature extraction operation on each frame picture in avideo stream by a feature extraction model to obtain a key featuresequence corresponding to each frame picture, as shown in FIG. 10, themethod for generating video retrieval mapping relationship furtherincludes:

S901: inputting first training input data in a first training data setto a first initial neural network model to obtain first forward outputdata, where the first training data set includes the first traininginput data and first training output data, and the first training inputdata includes training frame pictures, and the first training outputdata includes key feature sequences corresponding to the training framepictures.

Optionally, before the first training input data in the first trainingdata set is input to the first initial neural network model, the firsttraining data set is obtained. Optionally, the first training data setmay be obtained from audios or videos stored on the server, or may beobtained from other external devices, which is not limited in thisembodiment. The first training data set includes first training inputdata and first training output data, where the first training input dataincludes training frame pictures. Optionally, the first training inputdata may be training frame pictures, and the first training input datamay also be training frame pictures and training sound, which is notlimited in this embodiment. The first training output data includes keyfeature sequences corresponding to the training frame pictures.Accordingly, the first training output data may be the key featuresequences corresponding to the training frame pictures, and the firsttraining output data may also be the key feature sequences correspondingto the training frame pictures and the training sound. This embodimenttakes that the first training input data is the training frame picturesas an example, and accordingly, this embodiment takes that the firsttraining output data is the key feature sequences corresponding to thetraining frame pictures as an example.

Specifically, the first initial neural network model includes aplurality of neuron functions, and the first training input data isinput to the first initial neural network model. After a forwardoperation of a plurality of neuron functions is performed on the firsttraining input data, the first initial neural network model outputsfirst forward output data.

The method for generating video retrieval mapping relationship furtherincludes:

S902: adjusting weights and biases in the first initial neural networkmodel according to an error between the first forward output data andthe first training output data corresponding to the first training inputdata until the error between the first forward output data and the firsttraining output data is less than or equal to a first threshold so as toobtain a first adjusted neural network model; and

S903: determining the first adjusted neural network model as a featureextraction model.

Specifically, the error between the first forward output data and thefirst training output data corresponding to the first training inputdata is determined according to an error loss function of the firstinitial neural network, where if the obtained error is greater than thefirst threshold, the weights and biases in the first initial neuralnetwork model are adjusted according to the error until the errorbetween the first forward output data and the first training output datais less than or equal to the first threshold, and then the firstadjusted neural network model is obtained. The first adjusted neuralnetwork model is determined as the feature extraction model, where thefeature extraction model is a trained first initial neural networkmodel.

According to the method for generating a video retrieval mappingrelationship provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure, thetraining frame pictures are input to the first initial neural networkmodel to obtain the first forward output data, and the weights andbiases in the first initial neural network model are adjusted accordingto the error between the first forward output data and the firsttraining output data, and then the feature extraction model is obtained.According to the method for generating a video retrieval mappingrelationship provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure, thetraining frame pictures are taken as the input to obtain the featureextraction model, and then the mapping relationship between the framepicture and the text description sequence is constructed, which makesthe retrieval results more accurate when the users performing videoretrieval on the terminal.

FIG. 11 is a schematic flowchart of a method for generating videoretrieval mapping relationship provided by another embodiment. Thisembodiment relates to a specific process of obtaining a text sequenceextraction model. Based on the above-mentioned embodiment, beforeinputting the key feature sequence corresponding to each frame pictureinto a text sequence extraction model for processing to obtain a textdescription sequence corresponding to each frame picture, the method forgenerating video retrieval mapping relationship further includes:

S1001: inputting second training input data in a second training dataset to a second initial neural network model to obtain second forwardoutput data, where the second training data set includes second traininginput data and second training output data, and the second traininginput data includes training key feature sequences, and the secondtraining output data includes training text description sequencecorresponding to the training key feature sequences.

Optionally, before the second training input data in the second trainingdata set is input to the second initial neural network model, the secondtraining data set is obtained. Optionally, the second training data setmay be obtained by obtaining the first training output data output byusing the feature extraction model on the server, or may be obtainedfrom other external devices, which is not limited in this embodiment.The second training data set includes second training input data andsecond training output data, where the second training input dataincludes training key feature sequences. The second training output dataincludes training text description sequences corresponding to thetraining key feature sequences.

Specifically, the second initial neural network model includes aplurality of neuron functions, and the second training input data isinput to the second initial neural network model. After a forwardoperation of a plurality of neuron functions is performed on the secondtraining input data, the second initial neural network model outputssecond forward output data.

The method for generating video retrieval mapping relationship furtherincludes:

S1002: adjusting weights and biases in the second initial neural networkmodel according to an error between the second forward output data andthe second training output data corresponding to the second traininginput data until the error between the second forward output data andthe second training output data is less than or equal to a secondthreshold so as to obtain a second adjusted neural network model; and

S1003: determining the second adjusted neural network model as a textsequence extraction model.

Specifically, the error between the second forward output data and thesecond training output data corresponding to the second training inputdata is determined according to an error loss function of the secondinitial neural network, where if the obtained error is greater than thesecond threshold, the weights and biases in the second initial neuralnetwork model are adjusted according to the error until the errorbetween the second forward output data and the second training outputdata is less than or equal to the second threshold, and then the secondadjusted neural network model is obtained. The second adjusted neuralnetwork model is determined as the text sequence extraction model, wherethe text sequence model is a trained second initial neural networkmodel.

According to the method for generating video retrieval mappingrelationship provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure, thetraining key feature sequences are input to the second initial neuralnetwork model to obtain the second forward output data, and the weightsand biases in the second initial neural network model are adjustedaccording to the error between the second forward output data and thesecond training output data, and then the text sequence extraction modelis obtained. According to the method for generating video retrievalmapping relationship provided by the embodiment of the presentdisclosure, the training key feature sequences are taken as the input toobtain the text sequence extraction model, and then the mappingrelationship between the frame picture and the text description sequenceis constructed, which makes the retrieval results more accurate when theusers performing video retrieval on the terminal.

Optionally, the text description sequence may include at least a textdescription sentence describing the frame picture, where the textdescription sentence may include a plurality of pieces of textdescribing the content of the frame picture. The specific explanation ofthe text description sequence is the same as the explanation in thevideo retrieval method, and will not be repeated herein.

Optionally, the text description sentence may include at least one typeof text description of people, time, place, and event. The specificexplanation of the text description sentence is the same as theexplanation in the video retrieval method, and will not be repeatedherein.

Optionally, after the feature extraction operation is performed on eachframe picture by using the feature extraction model to obtain the keyfeature sequence corresponding to each frame picture, the videoretrieval method further includes: computing the first correlationbetween the key feature sequence corresponding to the previous framepicture set and the key feature sequence corresponding to the next framepicture set. The method for computing the first correlation is the sameas the computation method in the video retrieval method, and details arenot described herein.

Optionally, the constructing the mapping relationship according to thetext description sequence corresponding to each frame picture includes:computing the second correlation between the text description sequencecorresponding to the previous frame picture set and the text descriptionsequence corresponding to the next frame picture set in all textdescription sequences; determining the chapter attribute of the textdescription sequence corresponding to the previous frame picture set andthe text description sequence corresponding to the next frame pictureset according to comparison results of the second correlation with thepreset first threshold and the preset second threshold; classifying alltext description sequences into the tree-like directory structureaccording to the chapter attribute of the text description sequencecorresponding to the previous frame picture set and the text descriptionsequence corresponding to the next frame picture set among all the textdescription sequences; and according to the tree-like directorystructure and the text description sequence corresponding to each framepicture, constructing a mapping relationship based on the chapterattribute. For the construction of the mapping relationship based on thechapter attribute, please refer to the process of the correspondingembodiment of FIG. 3, and details are not described herein.

Optionally, the computing the second correlation between the textdescription sequence corresponding to the previous frame picture set andthe text description sequence corresponding to the next frame pictureset in all text description sequences includes: performing the wordsegmentation operation on text description sentences in each textdescription sequence to obtain the word segmentation resultcorresponding to each text description sequence, where the wordsegmentation result includes a plurality of segmented words; determiningthe label corresponding to the word segmentation result of each textdescription sequence according to the word segmentation resultcorresponding to each text description sequence, and the mappingrelationship between the preset label and the segmented words, where thelabel includes a people label, a time label, a place label, and an eventlabel; and determining whether the word segmentation result of the textdescription sequence corresponding to the previous frame picture set isthe same as a word segmentation result of the text description sequencecorresponding to the next frame picture set under a same label, andaccording to a judgment result, determining the second correlationbetween the text description sequence corresponding to the previousframe picture set and the text description sequence corresponding to thenext frame picture set. For the computing the second correlation betweenthe text description sequence corresponding to the previous framepicture set and the text description sequence corresponding to the nextframe picture set in all text description sequences, please refer to theprocess of the corresponding embodiment of FIG. 4, and details are notdescribed herein.

Optionally, the determining the chapter attribute of the previous framepicture set and the next frame picture set according to comparisonresults of the second correlation with the first threshold and thesecond threshold includes: determining that the text descriptionsequence corresponding to the previous frame picture set and the textdescription sequence corresponding to the next frame picture set belongto a same section in the tree-like directory structure when the secondcorrelation is greater than or equal to a first threshold; anddetermining that the text description sequence corresponding to theprevious frame picture set and the text description sequencecorresponding to the next frame picture set belong to different sectionsin a same chapter in the tree-like directory structure when the secondcorrelation is greater than a second threshold and less than the firstthreshold. For the determining the chapter attribute of the previousframe picture set and the next frame picture set, please refer to theprocess of the corresponding embodiment of FIG. 5, and details are notdescribed herein.

Optionally, the determining the chapter attribute of the previous framepicture set and the next frame picture set according to comparisonresults of the second correlation with the first threshold and thesecond threshold includes: performing the weighting operation on thefirst correlation and the second correlation to determine the weightedcorrelation; determining that the text description sequencecorresponding to the previous frame picture set and the text descriptionsequence corresponding to the next frame picture set belong to a samesection in the tree-like directory structure when the weightedcorrelation is greater than or equal to the first threshold; anddetermining that the text description sequence corresponding to theprevious frame picture set and the text description sequencecorresponding to the next frame picture set belong to different sectionsin a same chapter in the tree-like directory structure when the weightedcorrelation is greater than the second threshold and less than the firstthreshold. For the determining the chapter attribute of the previousframe picture set and the next frame picture set according to comparisonresults of the second correlation with the first threshold and thesecond threshold, please refer to the process of the correspondingembodiment of FIG. 7, and details are not described herein.

It should be understood that although the steps in the flowcharts ofFIG. 1-FIG. 5, FIG. 7, and FIG. 8-FIG. 11 are displayed in orderaccording to the arrows, the steps are not necessarily executed in theorder indicated by the arrows.

Unless clearly stated in the present disclosure, the execution of thesesteps is not strictly limited in a specific order, and these steps canbe executed in other orders. Moreover, at least some of the steps inFIG. 1-FIG. 5, FIG. 7, and FIG. 8-FIG. 11 may include a plurality ofsub-steps or a plurality of stages. These sub-steps or stages are notnecessarily executed at the same time, but can be executed at differenttimes. The execution order of the sub-steps or stages is not necessarilysequential, but may be executed in turn or alternately with at least apart of other steps or sub-steps or stages of other steps.

As shown in FIG. 12, an embodiment provides a video retrieval apparatusincluding an obtaining module 10 and a mapping module 11, where

the obtaining module 10 is configured to obtain a retrieval instructionwhich carries retrieval information for retrieving a target framepicture; and

the mapping module 11 is configured to obtain the target frame pictureaccording to the retrieval information and a preset mappingrelationship, where the mapping relationship includes a correspondencebetween different text description sequences and frame pictures, where atext description sequence is a sequence of text that can describecontent of a frame picture.

The video retrieval apparatus provided by this embodiment can executethe above-mentioned method embodiments, and implementation principlesand technical effects are similar, and will not be repeated herein.

In an embodiment, on the basis of the above-mentioned embodiment, thevideo retrieval apparatus further includes:

a sampling module configured to sample the video stream to obtain aplurality of frame pictures contained in the video stream;

an extraction module A configured to perform the feature extractionoperation on each frame picture by using the feature extraction model toobtain the key feature sequence corresponding to each frame picture,where the key feature sequence includes at least one key feature of theframe picture;

a first processing module A configured to input the key feature sequencecorresponding to each frame picture into the text sequence extractionmodel for processing to obtain the text description sequencecorresponding to each frame picture; and

a construction module A configured to construct the mapping relationshipaccording to the text description sequence corresponding to each framepicture.

The video retrieval apparatus provided by this embodiment can executethe above-mentioned method embodiments, and implementation principlesand technical effects are similar, and will not be repeated herein.

Optionally, the text description sequence may include at least a textdescription sentence describing the frame picture, where the textdescription sentence may include a plurality of pieces of textdescribing the content of the frame picture.

Optionally, the text description sentence may include at least one typeof text description of people, time, place, and event.

In an embodiment, on the basis of the above-mentioned embodiment, thevideo retrieval apparatus further includes:

a second processing module B configured to, after the extraction moduleA performs the feature extraction operation on each frame picture byusing the feature extraction model to obtain the key feature sequencecorresponding to each frame picture, compute the first correlationbetween the key feature sequence corresponding to the previous framepicture set and the key feature sequence corresponding to the next framepicture set.

The video retrieval apparatus provided by this embodiment can executethe above-mentioned method embodiments, and implementation principlesand technical effects are similar, and will not be repeated herein.

In an embodiment, on the basis of the above-mentioned embodiment, theconstruction module A is also configured to: compute the secondcorrelation between the text description sequence corresponding to theprevious frame picture set and the text description sequencecorresponding to the next frame picture set in all text descriptionsequences; determine the chapter attribute of the text descriptionsequence corresponding to the previous frame picture set and the textdescription sequence corresponding to the next frame picture setaccording to comparison results of the second correlation with thepreset first threshold and the preset second threshold; classify alltext description sequences into the tree-like directory structureaccording to the chapter attribute of the text description sequencecorresponding to the previous frame picture set and the text descriptionsequence corresponding to the next frame picture set among all the textdescription sequences; and according to the tree-like directorystructure and the text description sequence corresponding to each framepicture, construct the mapping relationship based on the chapterattribute.

The video retrieval apparatus provided by this embodiment can executethe above-mentioned method embodiments, and implementation principlesand technical effects are similar, and will not be repeated herein.

In an embodiment, on the basis of the above-mentioned embodiment, theconstruction module A is also configured to: perform the wordsegmentation operation on text description sentences in each textdescription sequence to obtain the word segmentation resultcorresponding to each text description sequence, where the wordsegmentation result includes a plurality of segmented words; determinethe label corresponding to the word segmentation result of each textdescription sequence according to the word segmentation resultcorresponding to each text description sequence, and the mappingrelationship between the preset label and the segmented words, where thelabel includes a people label, a time label, a place label, and an eventlabel; and determine whether the word segmentation result of the textdescription sequence corresponding to the previous frame picture set isthe same as the word segmentation result of the text descriptionsequence corresponding to the next frame picture set under a same label,and according to the judgment result, determine the second correlationbetween the text description sequence corresponding to the previousframe picture set and the text description sequence corresponding to thenext frame picture set.

The video retrieval apparatus provided by this embodiment can executethe above-mentioned method embodiments, and an implementation principleand technical effects are similar, and will not be repeated herein.

In an embodiment, on the basis of the above-mentioned embodiment, theconstruction module A is also configured to: determine that the textdescription sequence corresponding to the previous frame picture set andthe text description sequence corresponding to the next frame pictureset belong to a same section in the tree-like directory structure whenthe second correlation is greater than or equal to a first threshold;and determine that the text description sequence corresponding to theprevious frame picture set and the text description sequencecorresponding to the next frame picture set belong to different sectionsin a same chapter in the tree-like directory structure when the secondcorrelation is greater than a second threshold and less than the firstthreshold.

The video retrieval apparatus provided by this embodiment can executethe above-mentioned method embodiments, and implementation principlesand technical effects are similar, and will not be repeated herein.

In an embodiment, on the basis of the above-mentioned embodiment, theconstruction module A is also configured to: perform the weightingoperation on the first correlation and the second correlation todetermine the weighted correlation; determine that the text descriptionsequence corresponding to the previous frame picture set and the textdescription sequence corresponding to the next frame picture set belongto a same section in the tree-like directory structure when the weightedcorrelation is greater than or equal to the first threshold; anddetermine that the text description sequence corresponding to theprevious frame picture set and the text description sequencecorresponding to the next frame picture set belong to different sectionsin a same chapter in the tree-like directory structure when the weightedcorrelation is greater than the second threshold and less than the firstthreshold.

The video retrieval apparatus provided by this embodiment can executethe above-mentioned method embodiments, and implementation principlesand technical effects are similar, and will not be repeated herein.

In an embodiment, on the basis of the above-mentioned embodiment, themapping module 11 is also configured to: obtain the retrievalinformation at the first level and the retrieval information at thesecond level in the retrieval information; according to the retrievalinformation at the first level, retrieve the tree-like directorystructure contained in the mapping relationship based on the chapterattribute to determine the target chapter corresponding to the retrievalinformation; determine the target section from the target chapteraccording to the retrieval information at the second level; and obtainthe target frame picture according to the text description sequencecorresponding to the target section and the mapping relationship basedon the chapter attribute.

The video retrieval apparatus provided by this embodiment can executethe above-mentioned method embodiments, and implementation principlesand technical effects are similar, and will not be repeated herein.

As shown in FIG. 13, an embodiment provides an apparatus for generatingvideo retrieval mapping relationship, which includes an extractionmodule 12, a processing module 13, and an construction module 14, where

the extraction module 12 is configured to perform the feature extractionoperation on each frame picture in the video stream by using the featureextraction model to obtain the key feature sequence corresponding toeach frame picture, where the key feature sequence includes one or morekey features of the frame picture;

the processing module 13 is configured to input the key feature sequencecorresponding to each frame picture into the text sequence extractionmodel for processing to obtain the text description sequencecorresponding to each frame picture, where the text description sequenceis a sequence of text that can describe content of a frame picture; and

the construction module 14 is configured to construct the mappingrelationship according to the text description sequence corresponding toeach frame picture, where the mapping relationship includes thecorrespondence between different text description sequences and framepictures.

The apparatus for generating a video retrieval mapping relationshipprovided by this embodiment can execute the above-mentioned methodembodiments, and implementation principles and technical effects aresimilar, and will not be repeated herein.

In an embodiment, on the basis of the above-mentioned embodiment shownin FIG. 13, as shown in FIG. 14, the apparatus for generating a videoretrieval mapping relationship further includes: a second processingmodule 15, a third processing module 16, and a first determining module17, where

the second processing module 15 is configured to input first traininginput data in a first training data set to a first initial neuralnetwork model to obtain first forward output data, where the firsttraining data set includes the first training input data and firsttraining output data, and the first training input data includestraining frame pictures, and the first training output data includes keyfeature sequences corresponding to the training frame pictures;

the third processing module 16 is configured to adjust weights andbiases in the first initial neural network model according to an errorbetween the first forward output data and the first training output datacorresponding to the first training input data until the error betweenthe first forward output data and the first training output data is lessthan or equal to a first threshold so as to obtain a first adjustedneural network model; and

the first determining module 17 is configured to determine the firstadjusted neural network model as a feature extraction model.

The apparatus for generating a video retrieval mapping relationshipprovided by this embodiment can execute the above-mentioned methodembodiments, and implementation principles and technical effects aresimilar, and will not be repeated herein.

In an embodiment, on the basis of the above-mentioned embodiment shownin FIG. 14, as shown in FIG. 15, the apparatus for generating a videoretrieval mapping relationship further includes: a fourth processingmodule 18, a fifth processing module 19, and a second determining module20, where

the fourth processing module 18 is configured to input second traininginput data in a second training data set to a second initial neuralnetwork model to obtain second forward output data, where the secondtraining data set includes second training input data and secondtraining output data, and the second training input data includestraining key feature sequences, and the second training output dataincludes training text description sequence corresponding to thetraining key feature sequences;

the fifth processing module 19 is configured to adjust weights andbiases in the second initial neural network model according to an errorbetween the second forward output data and the second training outputdata corresponding to the second training input data until the errorbetween the second forward output data and the second training outputdata is less than or equal to a second threshold so as to obtain asecond adjusted neural network model; and

the second determining module 20 is configured to determine the secondadjusted neural network model as a text sequence extraction model.

The apparatus for generating a video retrieval mapping relationshipprovided by this embodiment can execute the above-mentioned methodembodiments, and implementation principles and technical effects aresimilar, and will not be repeated herein.

Optionally, the text description sequence may include at least a textdescription sentence describing the frame picture, where the textdescription sentence may include a plurality of pieces of textdescribing the content of the frame picture.

Optionally, the text description sentence may include at least one typeof text description of people, time, place, and event.

In an embodiment, on the basis of the above-mentioned embodiment shownin FIG. 13, as shown in FIG. 16, the apparatus for generating a videoretrieval mapping relationship further includes: a sixth processingmodule 21.

Specifically, the sixth processing module 21 is configured to, after theextraction module 12 performs the feature extraction operation on eachframe picture in the video stream by using the feature extraction modelto obtain the key feature sequence corresponding to each frame picture,compute the first correlation between the key feature sequencecorresponding to the previous frame picture set and the key featuresequence corresponding to the next frame picture set.

The apparatus for generating a video retrieval mapping relationshipprovided by this embodiment can execute the above-mentioned methodembodiments, and implementation principles and technical effects aresimilar, and will not be repeated herein.

In an embodiment, on the basis of the above-mentioned embodiment shownin FIG. 13, as shown in FIG. 17, the construction module 14 furtherincludes: a first processing unit 141, a judgment unit 142, asegmentation unit 143, and a mapping unit 144.

Specifically, the first processing unit 141 is configured to compute thesecond correlation between the text description sequence correspondingto the previous frame picture set and the text description sequencecorresponding to the next frame picture set in all text descriptionsequences. The judgment unit 142 is configured to determine the chapterattribute of the text description sequence corresponding to the previousframe picture set and the text description sequence corresponding to thenext frame picture set according to comparison results of the secondcorrelation with a preset first threshold and a preset second threshold.The segmentation unit 143 is configured to classify all text descriptionsequences into the tree-like directory structure according to thechapter attribute of the text description sequence corresponding to theprevious frame picture set and the text description sequencecorresponding to the next frame picture set among all the textdescription sequences. The mapping unit 144 is configured to constructthe mapping relationship based on the chapter attribute according to thetree-like directory structure and the text description sequencecorresponding to each frame picture.

The apparatus for generating a video retrieval mapping relationshipprovided by this embodiment can execute the above-mentioned methodembodiments, and implementation principles and technical effects aresimilar, and will not be repeated herein.

In an embodiment, on the basis of the above-mentioned embodiment shownin FIG. 17, as shown in FIG. 18, the first processing unit 141 furtherincludes: a word segmentation subunit 1411, a processing subunit 1412,and a judgment subunit 1413.

Specifically, the word segmentation subunit 1411 is configured toperform the word segmentation operation on text description sentences ineach text description sequence to obtain a word segmentation resultcorresponding to each text description sequence, where the wordsegmentation result includes a plurality of segmented words. Theprocessing subunit 1412 is configured to determine the labelcorresponding to the word segmentation result of each text descriptionsequence according to the word segmentation result corresponding to eachtext description sequence, and the mapping relationship between thepreset label and the segmented words, where the label includes a peoplelabel, a time label, a place label, and an event label. The judgmentsubunit 1413 is configured to determine whether the word segmentationresult of the text description sequence corresponding to the previousframe picture set is the same as the word segmentation result of thetext description sequence corresponding to the next frame picture setunder a same label, and according to the judgment result, determine thesecond correlation between the text description sequence correspondingto the previous frame picture set and the text description sequencecorresponding to the next frame picture set.

The apparatus for generating a video retrieval mapping relationshipprovided by this embodiment can execute the above-mentioned methodembodiments, and implementation principles and technical effects aresimilar, and will not be repeated herein.

In an embodiment, on the basis of the above-mentioned embodiment shownin FIG. 17, as shown in FIG. 19, the judgment unit 142 further includes:a first judgment subunit 1421 and a second judgment subunit 1422.

Specifically, the first judgment subunit 1421 is configured to determinethat the text description sequence corresponding to the previous framepicture set and the text description sequence corresponding to the nextframe picture set belong to a same section in the tree-like directorystructure when the second correlation is greater than or equal to thefirst threshold. The second judgment subunit 1422 is configured todetermine that the text description sequence corresponding to theprevious frame picture set and the text description sequencecorresponding to the next frame picture set belong to different sectionsin a same chapter in the tree-like directory structure when the secondcorrelation is greater than a second threshold and less than the firstthreshold.

The apparatus for generating a video retrieval mapping relationshipprovided by this embodiment can execute the above-mentioned methodembodiments, and implementation principles and technical effects aresimilar, and will not be repeated herein.

In an embodiment, on the basis of the above-mentioned embodiment shownin FIG. 17, as shown in FIG. 20, the judgment unit 142 further includes:a weighting subunit 1423, a third judgment subunit 1424, and a fourthjudgment subunit 1425.

Specifically, the weighting subunit 1423 is configured to perform theweighting operation on the first correlation and the second correlationto determine a weighted correlation. The third judgment subunit 1424 isconfigured to determine that the text description sequence correspondingto the previous frame picture set and the text description sequencecorresponding to the next frame picture set belong to a same section inthe tree-like directory structure when the weighted correlation isgreater than or equal to the first threshold. The fourth judgmentsubunit 1425 is configured to determine that the text descriptionsequence corresponding to the previous frame picture set and the textdescription sequence corresponding to the next frame picture set belongto different sections in a same chapter in the tree-like directorystructure when the weighted correlation is greater than the secondthreshold and less than the first threshold.

The apparatus for generating a video retrieval mapping relationshipprovided by this embodiment can execute the above-mentioned methodembodiments, and implementation principles and technical effects aresimilar, and will not be repeated herein.

FIG. 1a is a schematic diagram of an internal structure of a terminalprovided by an embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1a , and the terminal mayinclude a processor, a memory, a network interface, a display screen,and an input equipment which may be connected by a system bus. Theprocessor of the terminal may be configured to provide computing andcontrolling capabilities. The memory of the terminal may include anonvolatile storage medium and an internal memory. The nonvolatilestorage medium may have an operating system and a computer program. Theinternal memory may provide an environment for the running of theoperating system and the computer program in the nonvolatile storagemedium. The network interface of the terminal may be configured tocommunicate with an external terminal via a network. When the computerprogram is executed by the processor, the computer program may realizethe steps of the video retrieval method provided by the embodiments ofthe present disclosure. The display screen of the terminal may be aliquid crystal display screen or an electronic ink display screen. Theinput equipment of the terminal may be a touch surface layered on thedisplay screen, and may be a button, a trackball, or a touch padarranged on a case of the terminal, and may further be a keyboard, atouch pad, and a mouse externally connected to the terminal.

Those skilled in the art can understand that the structure shown in FIG.1a is only a block diagram of a part of the structure related to thesolutions of the present disclosure, and does not limit the terminal towhich the solutions of the present disclosure are applied. A specificterminal may include more or fewer components than shown in the Figs, orcombine some components, or have different component arrangements.

An embodiment provides a terminal including a memory and a processor,where a computer program is stored in the memory, and when the processorexecutes the computer program, the following steps are realized:obtaining a retrieval instruction which carries retrieval informationfor retrieving a target frame picture; and obtaining the target framepicture according to the retrieval information and a preset mappingrelationship, where the mapping relationship includes a correspondencebetween different text description sequences and frame pictures, where atext description sequence is a sequence of text that can describecontent of a frame picture.

An embodiment provides a device including a memory and a processor,where a computer program is stored in the memory, and when the processorexecutes the computer program, the following steps are realized:performing a feature extraction operation on each frame picture in avideo stream by a feature extraction model to obtain a key featuresequence corresponding to each frame picture, where the key featuresequence includes one or more key features of the frame picture;inputting the key feature sequence corresponding to each frame pictureinto a text sequence extraction model for processing to obtain a textdescription sequence corresponding to each frame picture, where the textdescription sequence is a sequence of text that can describe content ofa frame picture; and constructing a mapping relationship according tothe text description sequence corresponding to each frame picture, wherethe mapping relationship includes a correspondence between differenttext description sequences and frame pictures.

An embodiment provides a computer-readable storage medium on which acomputer program is stored, and when a processor executes the computerprogram, the following steps are realized: obtaining a retrievalinstruction which carries retrieval information for retrieving a targetframe picture; and obtaining the target frame picture according to theretrieval information and a preset mapping relationship, where themapping relationship includes a correspondence between different textdescription sequences and frame pictures, where a text descriptionsequence is a sequence of text that can describe content of a framepicture.

An embodiment provides a computer-readable storage medium on which acomputer program is stored, and when a processor executes the computerprogram, the following steps are realized: performing a featureextraction operation on each frame picture in a video stream by afeature extraction model to obtain a key feature sequence correspondingto each frame picture, where the key feature sequence includes one ormore key features of the frame picture; inputting the key featuresequence corresponding to each frame picture into a text sequenceextraction model for processing to obtain a text description sequencecorresponding to each frame picture, where the text description sequenceis a sequence of text that can describe content of a frame picture; andconstructing a mapping relationship according to the text descriptionsequence corresponding to each frame picture, where the mappingrelationship includes a correspondence between different textdescription sequences and frame pictures.

Convolutional Neural Network (abbreviated as CNN) is a feed-forwardneural network, and artificial neurons of the CNN can respond to a partof surrounding units in coverage. In recent years, the CNN has beenwidely used in image processing, speech processing, pattern recognition,and other fields. The powerful availability of data resources and goodparallelism of the CNN make the CNN develop rapidly and attractwidespread attention. As a count of network layers increases, a demandfor memory is increasing. The size of available memory is a bottleneckthat limits the size of the neural network.

In the prior art, the size of a model may be usually reduced, whilesince weights are not the main memory occupation in neural networktraining, reducing the size of the model cannot effectively reduce thememory occupation. Optionally, in the prior art, data structures may becopied between the memories of the Central Processing Unit (CPU) and theGraphics Processing Unit (GPU), which will increase performance overhead

In order to solve or at least partially alleviate the above-mentionedtechnical problems, the present disclosure provides an apparatus andmethod for encoding and storage of convolutional neural network, aprocessor of convolutional neural network, and a training method ofconvolutional neural network.

An embodiment of the present disclosure provides an encoding and storageapparatus of convolutional neural network. As shown in FIG. 1, theencoding and storage apparatus of convolutional neural network includes:a storage module and an encoding module. The encoding module includes acomparator and an encoder, where the comparator is configured to compareinput data of an activation layer with reference data, and the encoderis configured to encode input data or output data of the activationlayer according to a comparison result. The storage module is configuredto store an encoding result in a feature map, store the comparisonresult, and store a parameter α of an activation function.

An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a processor ofconvolutional neural network, as shown in FIG. 2, the processor ofconvolutional neural network includes:

an encoding module configured to encode input data or output data of theactivation layer according to a comparison result; and

a computation module connected with the encoding module, configured toperform a forward propagation operation and a back propagationoperation, where when performing the back propagation operation, thecomputation module is configured to process a partial derivativeaccording to the encoding result; moreover, where when performing theforward propagation operation, the computation module is configured tocompute the output data of the activation layer after being processed bythe activation function according to the input data of the activationlayer.

In an embodiment, the encoding module further includes the comparatorand the encoder, where the comparator is configured to compare inputdata of an activation layer with reference data, and the encoder isconfigured to encode input data or output data of the activation layeraccording to a comparison result.

In an embodiment, the processor of convolutional neural network mayfurther include the storage module configured to store the encodingresult in the feature map, store the comparison result, and store theparameter α of the activation function. The encoding adopts 0/1 encodingand the encoded data is stored in bits.

In the above-mentioned embodiments, the reference data is data used as areference for comparing a size of the input data, and specifically, thereference data is a constant or output data of the activation layer.

Optionally, if the reference data is the output data of the activationlayer, the following takes ReLU and Leaky ReLU as examples to illustratethe specific process of the encoding:

if the input data and output data of the activation layer are equal,encoding the output data as 1; if the input data and output data of theactivation layer are not equal, encoding the output data as 0.

If the reference data is a constant, and the value of the constant is 0,the specific process of encoding includes: if the input data is greaterthan 0, encoding the input data as 1; and if the input data is smallerthan or equal to 0, encoding the input data as 0.

An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a processor ofconvolutional neural network. In addition to the encoding module, thestorage module, and the computation module, the processor ofconvolutional neural network may further include: an I/O module used fordata transfer between the activation layer and the adjacent layers, datatransfer between the storage module and the computation module, and datainput and output of the encoding module, the computation module, and thestorage module.

Specifically, as shown in FIG. 3, the processor provided by theembodiment includes: an I/O module A, a computation module B, anencoding module C, and a storage module D. All modules can beimplemented by hardware circuits.

The I/O module A, i.e., an input and output module, is used for datatransfer between the activation layer and the adjacent layers (referringto adjacent network layers in the neural network, including aconvolutional layer, an activation layer, a fully connected layer,etc.), transferring the input data to the computation module and theencoding module, receiving a computation result, and the data transferduring read and write operations of the storage module.

During the forward propagation process, the computation module Bcomputes a result of the input data processed by the activationfunction, and transfers the result to the I/O module for backpropagation; during the back propagation process, the computation moduleB judges an extracted encoding result (also called encoded data), wherewhen the encoding result is 1, the computation module B transfers aninput partial derivative to the I/O module and continues to propagatebackward; and when the encoding result is 0, the computation module Bcomputes a product of the current input partial derivative and aparameter α of the activation function, and then transfers a computationresult to the I/O module for back propagation. The encoding method isnot limited to 0/1 encoding, and the encoding method may further includea multi-value encoding or other encoding methods that occupy a pluralityof bits of storage space. The encoded data can be stored in bits, andthe encoding method compresses the floating-point data represented inthe 32-bit to 1 bit, which effectively saves memory.

The encoding module C includes a comparator and an encoder, where thecomparator compares the input data with the output data to obtain acomparison result, and then propagates the comparison result to theencoder. The encoder receives the comparison result and encodesaccording to the comparison result. Specifically, the following takesthe ReLU or Leaky ReLU as examples to illustrate the encoding process:if a comparison result that the input data is equal to the output data(that is, the input data is greater than 0) is obtained by the encoder,encoding, by the encoder, the input data as 1, and storing encoded datato the storage module; and if a comparison result that the input data isnot equal to the output data is obtained by the encoder, encoding, bythe encoder, the input data as 0, and storing the encoded data to thestorage module.

The storage module D stores the encoded data, the parameter α of theactivation function, and other data, receives the encoded data from theencoding module, extracts the encoded data to the I/O module whilewaiting for back propagation, and then releases an encoding memory. Theparameter α is extracted during the back propagation and participates inthe computation of the partial derivative.

In the above-mentioned embodiment, during the forward propagation, thecomputation module computes the output data of the activation layerafter being processed by the activation function according to the inputdata of the activation layer, and the formula is: f(x)=max(x,αx), wherex represents the input data of the activation layer, f (x) representsthe output data of the activation layer, and α represents the parameterof the activation function. In the formula, the activation functionincludes, but is not limited to a ReLU, a Leaky ReLU, a PReLU(Parametric Rectified Linear Unit), a Noisy ReLU (ReLU can be expandedto contain Gaussian noise), a MaxOut, and a ReLU with upper limit (suchas ReLu6). Specifically, the activation functions in the partialderivative formula that do not depend on input and output data can beapplied to the present disclosure. If the activation function is ReLU,the value of a is in the range of 0˜0.35.

For example:

A mathematical expression of the ReLu is: Y=max (0, X).

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The derivative formula is constant (1 or 0) and does not depend on inputdata (X) and output data (Y), so this activation method can be appliedto this present disclosure.

A mathematical expression of the PReLU is:

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in this formula, i represents different channels, and if ai=0, PReLUdegenerates to ReLU; if ai is a small fixed value (such as ai=0.01),PReLU degenerates to Leaky ReLU (LReLU).

A mathematical expression of the Noisy ReLU is: f(x)=max(0,x+Y),Y˜N(0,σ(x)).

The activation function MaxOut has a hidden layer and can fit any convexfunction. A mathematical expression of the MaxOut is:

${h_{i}(x)} = {\max\limits_{j \in {\lbrack{1,k}\rbrack}}z_{ij}}$

where

_(ij)=x^(T)W . . . _(ij)+b_(ij), and W∈

^(d×m×k),

in this formula, input x=(x1, x2, . . . xd), that is, d neurons, theweight W is a three-dimensional matrix of size (d, m, k), and b is atwo-dimensional matrix of size (m, k), and h is the output.

When performing the back propagation operation, the computation moduleis configured to process a partial derivative according to the encodingresult. If the encoding result is 1, a current partial derivative dy isnot processed, and the dy is directly transferred to the I/O module; ifthe encoding result is 0, the current partial derivative dy ismultiplied by the parameter α of the activation function to obtain dy₁,and then the obtained dy₁ is transferred to the I/O module.

An embodiment of the present disclosure further provides an encoding andstorage method of convolutional neural network, as shown in FIG. 4, themethod includes: comparing input data of an activation layer withreference data; and encoding input data or output data of the activationlayer according to a comparison result. The reference data is a constantor output data of the activation layer.

The following takes ReLU and Leaky ReLU as examples to illustrate thespecific process of the encoding:

if the input data and output data of the activation layer are equal,encoding the output data as 1; if the input data and output data of theactivation layer are not equal, encoding the output data as 0.

It should be noted that reference constants corresponding to theactivation functions are not necessarily the same. Therefore, in actualapplications, the parameter data needs to be set according to theselected activation functions.

The encoding and storage method of convolutional neural network furtherincludes: storing the comparison result, an encoding result, and aparameter α of an activation function, where the encoding result isstored in a feature map.

An embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a trainingmethod of convolutional neural network, which includes:

encoding, by the encoding module, input data or output data in theactivation layer; and

when performing a back propagation operation, obtaining, by thecomputation module, an encoding result corresponding to a currentpartial derivative, and performing a partial derivative operationaccording to the encoding result.

The training method of convolutional neural network further includes:when performing a forward propagation operation, computing, by thecomputation module, the output data of the activation layer after beingprocessed by the activation function according to the input data of theactivation layer.

In an embodiment, in the training method, the encoding the input data orthe output data in the activation layer by the encoding module includes:

comparing input data of an activation layer with reference data; and

encoding input data or output data of the activation layer according toa comparison result.

An embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a trainingmethod of convolutional neural network, which includes:

when performing a forward propagation operation, computing the outputdata of the activation layer after being processed by the activationfunction according to the input data of the activation layer; and

when performing a back propagation operation, obtaining an encodingresult corresponding to a current partial derivative, and performing apartial derivative operation according to the encoding result.

In the above-mentioned embodiment, the training method further includes:outputting an operation result.

Specifically, as shown in FIG. 5 and FIG. 6, the training method ofconvolutional neural network includes the following steps:

S1: propagating data forward to the activation layer, where output dataof a previous layer (that is, for the convolutional neural network, theprevious layer in the convolutional neural network is generally aconvolutional layer or a pooling layer, correspondingly, the output dataof the previous layer is the data processed after a convolutionoperation or a pooling operation) is taken as the input data of thecurrent activation layer, and inputting, by the I/O module, the inputdata to comparators of the computation module and the encoding module,and then proceeding to step S2; and

S2: performing operation on the input data in the computation module bythe activation function to obtain an operation result f(x), where theinput data is usually a set of data, which is usually expressed inmatrix form, but is not limited to matrix representation, and the inputdata can be represented in a linked list, a queue and other datastructures, then proceeding to step S3.

Optionally, an activation method of the activation function includes,but is not limited to a ReLU, a Leaky ReLU, a PReLU (ParametricRectified Linear Unit), a Noisy ReLU (ReLU can be expanded to containGaussian noise), a MaxOut, and a ReLU with upper limit (such as ReLu6).Specifically, the activation functions that do not depend on input andoutput data in the partial derivative formula can be applied to thepresent disclosure.

Specifically, each computation unit of the computation module onlycomputes a single piece of input data each time. The input data is setto be x, and the computation formula of the output data is as follows:

f(x)=max(x,αx),

in this formula, α represents the parameter of the activation function,and is a constant. Preferably, the value of a is in the range of 0˜0.35.Furthermore, for the ReLU, a is set to 0.

The training method of convolutional neural network further includes thefollowing steps:

S3: transferring the operation result f(x) to comparators of the I/Omodule and the encoding module; transferring, by the I/O module, thedata to a next layer network (that is, the next layer network after thecurrent layer network in the neural network, which can be aconvolutional layer, a pooling layer, etc.); and comparing, by thecomparators, whether the output result f(x) is equal to the data, andtransferring the comparison results to the encoding module, where if theoutput result f(x) is equal to the data, proceeding to the step S4; ifthe output result f(x) is not equal to the data, proceeding to the stepS5;

S4: encoding, by the comparator of the encoding module, the results to1, and storing, by the comparator of the encoding module, the results toa corresponding position of the feature map, where the amount ofencoding data that the feature map can store should be equal to theamount of data transferred to the activation layer, then proceeding tostep S6;

S5: encoding, by the encoding module, the result as 0, and storing, bythe encoding module, the encoded results to the feature map, thenproceeding to step S6; and

S6: propagating data backward to the activation layer; setting thecurrent partial derivative to dy, and extracting encoding data in thecorresponding position of the feature map according to the position ofthe current partial derivative dy, where if the encoding data is 1,proceeding to the step S7, and if the encoding data is not 1, proceedingto the step S8, where the position of the partial derivative dy can beobtained according to the relative address of the data structure such asmatrix or array, and the position of the partial derivative dy can alsobe obtained by other methods.

Optionally, a partial derivative of a loss function (L) corresponding toinput (x) is:

$\frac{dL}{dx} = {{\frac{dL}{dy} \cdot \frac{dy}{dx}} = {\frac{dL}{dy} \cdot}}$

low-bit encoding matrix

The training method of convolutional neural network includes thefollowing steps:

S7: transferring dy to the I/O module directly without processing thecurrent partial derivative dy, then proceeding to the step S9;

S8: multiplying the current partial derivative dy by the parameter α ofthe activation function to obtain dy1, and transferring the obtained dy1to the I/O module, then proceeding to the step S9; and

S9: outputting, by the I/O module, the data.

The training method of convolutional neural network can achieve thefollowing beneficial technical effects.

-   -   1. According to the present discourse, data in the feature map        of the activation layer is encoded and stored, and the        floating-point data represented in 32-bit is compressed to 1        bit, which effectively saves memory.    -   2. Since the input and output of the activation layer have been        compared during forward propagation, it is only needed to judge        the encoding result during back propagation, and the input and        output results of the activation layer during forward        propagation need not to be called to select the way of finding        the partial derivative. In this way, the present disclosure        reduces the times of inputting and outputting memory and        optimizes the performance of convolutional neural network.    -   3. The present disclosure does not modify any parameters that        affect prediction results, so the accuracy of the convolutional        neural network prediction will not be affected.    -   4. The computing power dependence of the current layer in back        propagation may be reduced.

As shown in FIG. 27, during the training process, the network layertemporarily stores the input (X) of the current layer during forwardpropagation for use in back propagation.

According to the training method of convolutional neural network,dependent data for back propagation is temporarily stored in theencoding module based on an encoding strategy. Therefore, after thelow-bit encoding matrix is generated during the forward propagation, theinput (X) of the current layer can be deleted without temporary storage.The main reason is that after the encoding strategy is adopted, duringthe back propagation, the computation of the derivative of input (X) ofthe current layer by the loss function (L) only depends on the low-bitencoding matrix, and does not depend on the input (X) and output (Y).

It should be noted that in the above-mentioned embodiments, thecomparator of the encoding module compares the input data of theactivation layer with the output data of the activation layer, and theencoder encodes the output data of the activation layer according to thecomparison result, which is not limited in the present disclosure. Thecomparator of the encoding module may also compare the input data of theactivation layer with reference data such as a constant, and the encoderencodes the input data of the activation layer according to thecomparison result, and the effect is equivalent to the method providedby the above embodiments. That is, the present disclosure is not limitedto only comparing input data with output data, nor is it limited toencoding output data.

In addition, in the present disclosure, the data in the feature map isnot limited to the output data of the activation layer (data storeddirectly after being processed in the activation layer), but alsoincludes the output data of the activation layer after being encoded(encoded data stored after being processed in the activation layer).

In some embodiments, the present disclosure further provides a chipincluding the encoding and storage apparatus or the processor.

In some embodiments, the present disclosure further provides a chippackage structure including the chip.

In some embodiments, the present disclosure further provides a boardcard including the chip package structure.

In some embodiments, the present disclosure further provides enelectronic device including the board card.

The electronic device includes a data processing apparatus, a robot, acomputer, a printer, a scanner, a tablet computer, an intelligentterminal, a mobile phone, an automobile data recorder, a navigator, asensor, a webcam, a cloud server, a camera, a video camera, a projector,a watch, an earphone, a mobile storage, a wearable device, atransportation means, a household electrical appliance, and/or a medicaldevice.

The transportation means may include an airplane, a ship, and/or avehicle. The household electrical appliance may include a television, anair conditioner, a microwave oven, a refrigerator, an electric ricecooker, a humidifier, a washing machine, an electric lamp, a gas cooker,and a range hood. The medical device may include a nuclear magneticresonance spectrometer, a B-ultrasonic scanner, and/or anelectrocardiograph.

It can be understood that the same or similar parts in theabove-mentioned embodiments may refer to each other, and for the contentthat is not described in detail in some embodiments, please refer to thesame or similar content in other embodiments.

It should be noted that in the description of the present disclosure,the terms “first”, “second”, etc. are only used for descriptivepurposes, and cannot be understood as indicating or implying relativeimportance. In addition, in the description of the present disclosure,unless otherwise specified, the meaning of “a plurality of” means atleast two.

Any process or method description in flowcharts or any process or methoddescription described in other methods in the present disclosure may beunderstood as representing modules, segments, or parts of codes thatinclude one or more executable instructions for implementing specificlogical functions or steps of a process. And the scope of the preferredembodiments of the present disclosure includes additionalimplementations, in which the functions may not be performed in theorder shown or discussed. The functions can be performed in asubstantially simultaneous manner or in reverse order according to thefunctions involved, which should be understood by those skilled in theart to which the embodiments of the present disclosure belong.

It should be noted that each part of the present disclosure may beimplemented by hardware, software, firmware, or a combination ofhardware, software, and firmware. In the above-mentioned embodiments, aplurality of steps or methods may be implemented by software or firmwarestored in a memory and executed by a suitable instruction executionsystem. For example, if the steps or methods are implemented byhardware, as in another embodiment, the steps or methods can beimplemented by any one or a combination of the following technologiesknown in the filed: discrete logic circuits with logic gates forimplementing logic functions on data signals, dedicated integratedcircuits with appropriate combinational logic gates, programmable gatearrays (PGA), field programmable gate arrays (FPGA), etc.

Those skilled in the art can understand that all or part of the steps ofthe methods in the above-mentioned embodiments can be completed byinstructing relevant hardware through programs. The programs can bestored in a computer-readable storage medium. When the programs areexecuted, all or part of the steps of the methods in the above-mentionedembodiments can be implemented.

In addition, each functional unit in each embodiment of the presentdisclosure may be integrated into one processing module, or each unitmay exist independent physically, or two or more units may be integratedinto one module. The integrated module may be implemented in the form ofhardware or software function modules. If the integrated module isimplemented in the form of a software functional module and sold or usedas an independent product, the integrated module may also be stored in acomputer-readable storage medium.

The above-mentioned storage medium may be a read-only memory, a magneticdisk, or an optical disk.

In the description of this specification, the description of thereference terms “an embodiment”, “some embodiments”, “examples”,“specific examples”, or “some examples” means that the specificfeatures, structures, materials, or features described by theembodiments or examples are contained in at least one embodiment orexample disclosed herein. In this specification, the schematicexpression of the above terms does not necessarily refer to the sameembodiment or example. Moreover, the specific features, structures,materials, or features described may be combined in any suitable mannerin any one or more embodiments or examples.

Although the embodiments of the present disclosure have been shown anddescribed above, it should be understood that the above-mentionedembodiments are exemplary and cannot be construed as limitations to thepresent disclosure. Those skilled in the art may make changes,modifications, substitutions, and variations to the above-mentionedembodiments within the scope of the present disclosure.

What is claimed is:
 1. A video retrieval method, comprising: obtaining aretrieval instruction which carries retrieval information used forretrieving a target frame picture; and obtaining the target framepicture according to the retrieval information and a preset mappingrelationship, wherein the mapping relationship includes a correspondencebetween different text description sequences and frame pictures, wherethe text description sequences are sequences of text describing contentof a frame picture.
 2. The video retrieval method of claim 1, whereinbefore obtaining the retrieval instruction, the video retrieval methodfurther includes: sampling a video stream to obtain a plurality of framepictures contained in the video stream; performing a feature extractionoperation on each frame picture by using a feature extraction model toobtain a key feature sequence corresponding to each frame picture,wherein the key feature sequence includes at least one key feature ofthe frame picture; and inputting the key feature sequence correspondingto each frame picture into a text sequence extraction model forprocessing to obtain a text description sequence corresponding to eachframe picture; and constructing the mapping relationship according tothe text description sequence corresponding to each frame picture. 3.The video retrieval method of claim 2, wherein the text descriptionsequence includes at least a text description sentence describing theframe picture, and the text description sentence includes a plurality ofpieces of text describing content of the frame picture.
 4. (canceled) 5.The video retrieval method of claim 3, wherein after performing thefeature extraction operation on each frame picture by using the featureextraction model to obtain the key feature sequence corresponding toeach frame picture, the video retrieval method further includes:computing a first correlation between the key feature sequencecorresponding to a previous frame picture set and the key featuresequence corresponding to a next frame picture set.
 6. The videoretrieval method of claim 5, wherein the constructing the mappingrelationship according to the text description sequence corresponding toeach frame picture includes: computing a second correlation between thetext description sequence corresponding to the previous frame pictureset and the text description sequence corresponding to the next framepicture set in all text description sequences; determining a chapterattribute of the text description sequence corresponding to the previousframe picture set and the text description sequence corresponding to thenext frame picture set according to comparison results of the secondcorrelation with a preset first threshold and a preset second threshold;classifying all text description sequences into a tree-like directorystructure according to the chapter attribute of the text descriptionsequence corresponding to the previous frame picture set and the textdescription sequence corresponding to the next frame picture set amongall the text description sequences; and according to the tree-likedirectory structure and the text description sequence corresponding toeach frame picture, constructing the mapping relationship based on thechapter attribute.
 7. The video retrieval method of claim 6, wherein thecomputing the second correlation between the text description sequencecorresponding to the previous frame picture set and the text descriptionsequence corresponding to the next frame picture set in all textdescription sequences includes: performing a word segmentation operationon the text description sentence in each text description sequence toobtain a word segmentation result corresponding to each text descriptionsequence, wherein the word segmentation result includes a plurality ofsegmented words; determining a label corresponding to the wordsegmentation result of each text description sequence according to theword segmentation result corresponding to each text description sequenceand a mapping relationship between a preset label and the segmentedwords, wherein the label includes a people label, a time label, a placelabel, and an event label; and determining whether a word segmentationresult of the text description sequence corresponding to the previousframe picture set is the same as a word segmentation result of the textdescription sequence corresponding to the next frame picture set under asame label, and according to a judgment result, determining the secondcorrelation between the text description sequence corresponding to theprevious frame picture set and the text description sequencecorresponding to the next frame picture set.
 8. The video retrievalmethod of claim 6, wherein the determining the chapter attribute of thetext description sequence corresponding to the previous frame pictureset and the text description sequence corresponding to the next framepicture set according to comparison results of the second correlationwith the preset first threshold and the preset second thresholdincludes: determining that the text description sequence correspondingto the previous frame picture set and the text description sequencecorresponding to the next frame picture set belong to a same section inthe tree-like directory structure when the second correlation is greaterthan or equal to the first threshold; and determining that the textdescription sequence corresponding to the previous frame picture set andthe text description sequence corresponding to the next frame pictureset belong to different sections in the same chapter in the tree-likedirectory structure when the second correlation is greater than thesecond threshold and less than the first threshold.
 9. The videoretrieval method of claim 6, wherein the determining the chapterattribute of the text description sequence corresponding to the previousframe picture set and the text description sequence corresponding to thenext frame picture set according to comparison results of the secondcorrelation with the preset first threshold and the preset secondthreshold includes: performing a weighting operation on the firstcorrelation and the second correlation to determine a weightedcorrelation; determining that the text description sequencecorresponding to the previous frame picture set and the text descriptionsequence corresponding to the next frame picture set belong to the samesection in the tree-like directory structure when the weightedcorrelation is greater than or equal to the first threshold; anddetermining that the text description sequence corresponding to theprevious frame picture set and the text description sequencecorresponding to the next frame picture set belong to different sectionsin the same chapter in the tree-like directory structure when theweighted correlation is greater than the second threshold and less thanthe first threshold.
 10. The video retrieval method of claim 8, whereinthe obtaining the target frame picture according to the retrievalinformation and the preset mapping relationship includes: obtainingretrieval information at a first level and retrieval information at asecond level in the retrieval information; according to the retrievalinformation at the first level, retrieving the tree-like directorystructure contained in the mapping relationship based on the chapterattribute to determine a target chapter corresponding to the retrievalinformation; determining a target section from the target chapteraccording to the retrieval information at the second level; andobtaining the target frame picture according to the text descriptionsequence corresponding to the target section and the mappingrelationship based on the chapter attribute.
 11. A method for generatinga video retrieval mapping relationship, comprising: performing a featureextraction operation on each frame picture in a video stream by using afeature extraction model to obtain a key feature sequence correspondingto each frame picture, wherein the key feature sequence includes one ormore key features of the frame picture; inputting the key featuresequence corresponding to each frame picture into a text sequenceextraction model for processing to obtain a text description sequencecorresponding to each frame picture, wherein the text descriptionsequence is a sequence of text describing content of a frame picture;and constructing a mapping relationship according to the textdescription sequence corresponding to each frame picture, wherein themapping relationship includes a correspondence between different textdescription sequences and frame pictures.
 12. The method for generatinga video retrieval mapping relationship of claim 11, wherein beforeperforming the feature extraction operation on each frame picture in thevideo stream by using the feature extraction model to obtain the keyfeature sequence corresponding to each frame picture, the method forgenerating a video retrieval mapping relationship further includes:inputting first training input data in a first training data set to afirst initial neural network model to obtain first forward output data,wherein the first training data set includes the first training inputdata and first training output data, and the first training input dataincludes training frame pictures, and the first training output dataincludes key feature sequences corresponding to the training framepictures; adjusting weights and biases in the first initial neuralnetwork model according to an error between the first forward outputdata and the first training output data corresponding to the firsttraining input data until an error between the first forward output dataand the first training output data is less than or equal to a firstthreshold so as to obtain a first adjusted neural network model; anddetermining the first adjusted neural network model as the featureextraction model.
 13. The method for generating a video retrievalmapping relationship of claim 11, wherein before inputting the keyfeature sequence corresponding to each frame picture into the textsequence extraction model for processing to obtain the text descriptionsequence corresponding to each frame picture, the method for generatinga video retrieval mapping relationship further includes: inputtingsecond training input data in a second training data set to a secondinitial neural network model to obtain second forward output data,wherein the second training data set includes second training input dataand second training output data, and the second training input dataincludes training key feature sequences, and the second training outputdata includes training text description sequence corresponding to thetraining key feature sequences; adjusting weights and biases in thesecond initial neural network model according to an error between thesecond forward output data and the second training output datacorresponding to the second training input data until the error betweenthe second forward output data and the second training output data isless than or equal to a second threshold so as to obtain a secondadjusted neural network model; and determining the second adjustedneural network model as the text sequence extraction model. 14-23.(canceled)
 24. A device for constructing a video retrieval mappingrelationship, comprising an extraction module, a first processingmodule, and a construction module, wherein the extraction module isconfigured to perform a feature extraction operation on a plurality offrame pictures in videos to be retrieved to obtain a key featuresequence corresponding to each frame picture, wherein the key featuresequence includes one or more key features of the frame picture; thefirst processing module is configured to input the key feature sequencecorresponding to each frame picture into a text sequence extractionmodel for processing to obtain a text description sequence correspondingto each frame picture; and the construction module is configured toconstruct a mapping relationship according to the text descriptionsequence corresponding to each frame picture, wherein the mappingrelationship is used to obtain a target frame picture when the videos tobe retrieved are retrieved.
 25. The device for constructing a videoretrieval mapping relationship of claim 24, wherein the constructionmodule includes a first processing unit, a judgment unit, a segmentationunit, and a mapping unit, wherein the first processing unit isconfigured to compute a second correlation according to the textdescription sequence corresponding to two adjacent pictures in thevideos to be retrieved; the judgment unit is configured to determine achapter attribute of each frame picture in the videos to be retrievedaccording to the second correlation; the segmentation unit is configuredto segment the videos to be retrieved according to the chapter attributeof each frame picture in the videos to be retrieved to obtain atree-like directory structure; and the mapping unit is configured toconstruct the mapping relationship according to the tree-like directorystructure and the text description sequence corresponding to each framepicture. 26-27. (canceled)